diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 5e0711472..2c790010c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ Changed
     * `fonts -> messages.warning`
     * `fonts -> messages.info`
 - The `qute:settings` page now also shows option descriptions.
+- `qute:version` and `qutebrowser --version` now show various important paths
 
 Deprecated
 ~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 95f2fa6df..13a2db102 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ Contributors, sorted by the number of commits in descending order:
 * ZDarian
 * Milan Svoboda
 * John ShaggyTwoDope Jenkins
+* Daniel Karbach
 * Clayton Craft
 * Peter Vilim
 * knaggita
@@ -259,7 +260,6 @@ Contributors, sorted by the number of commits in descending order:
 * Dietrich Daroch
 * Derek Sivers
 * Daniel Lu
-* Daniel Karbach
 * Arseniy Seroka
 * Andy Balaam
 * Andreas Fischer
diff --git a/qutebrowser/app.py b/qutebrowser/app.py
index dc4b629f1..345d49b97 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/app.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/app.py
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ qApp = None
 
 def run(args):
     """Initialize everything and run the application."""
-    if args.version:
-        print(version.version())
-        sys.exit(usertypes.Exit.ok)
-
     if args.temp_basedir:
         args.basedir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='qutebrowser-basedir-')
 
@@ -79,6 +75,13 @@ def run(args):
     qApp.setApplicationVersion(qutebrowser.__version__)
     qApp.lastWindowClosed.connect(quitter.on_last_window_closed)
 
+    log.init.debug("Initializing directories...")
+    standarddir.init(args)
+
+    if args.version:
+        print(version.version())
+        sys.exit(usertypes.Exit.ok)
+
     crash_handler = crashsignal.CrashHandler(
         app=qApp, quitter=quitter, args=args, parent=qApp)
     crash_handler.activate()
@@ -378,9 +381,6 @@ def _init_modules(args, crash_handler):
     readline_bridge = readline.ReadlineBridge()
     objreg.register('readline-bridge', readline_bridge)
 
-    log.init.debug("Initializing directories...")
-    standarddir.init(args)
-
     log.init.debug("Initializing config...")
     config.init(qApp)
     save_manager.init_autosave()
diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/version.py b/qutebrowser/utils/version.py
index 7e0416929..3f6b9c8d0 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/version.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/version.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
     qWebKitVersion = None
 
 import qutebrowser
-from qutebrowser.utils import log, utils
+from qutebrowser.utils import log, utils, standarddir
 from qutebrowser.browser import pdfjs
 
 
@@ -152,6 +152,22 @@ def _module_versions():
     return lines
 
 
+def _path_info():
+    """Get info about important path names.
+
+    Return:
+        A dictionary of descriptive to actual path names.
+    """
+    return {
+        'config': standarddir.config(),
+        'data': standarddir.data(),
+        'system_data': standarddir.system_data(),
+        'cache': standarddir.cache(),
+        'download': standarddir.download(),
+        'runtime': standarddir.runtime(),
+    }
+
+
 def _os_info():
     """Get operating system info.
 
@@ -255,4 +271,12 @@ def version():
         "Imported from {}".format(importpath),
     ]
     lines += _os_info()
+
+    lines += [
+        '',
+        'Paths:',
+    ]
+    for name, path in _path_info().items():
+        lines += ['{}: {}'.format(name, path)]
+
     return '\n'.join(lines)
diff --git a/tests/end2end/test_invocations.py b/tests/end2end/test_invocations.py
index eade0b911..fd414db12 100644
--- a/tests/end2end/test_invocations.py
+++ b/tests/end2end/test_invocations.py
@@ -21,9 +21,14 @@
 
 import sys
 import logging
+import re
 
 import pytest
 
+from PyQt5.QtCore import QProcess
+
+from end2end.fixtures import quteprocess, testprocess
+
 
 def _base_args(config):
     """Get the arguments to pass with every invocation."""
@@ -177,3 +182,24 @@ def test_optimize(request, quteproc_new, capfd, level):
     # Waiting for quit to make sure no other warning is emitted
     quteproc_new.send_cmd(':quit')
     quteproc_new.wait_for_quit()
+
+
+def test_version(request):
+    """Test invocation with --version argument."""
+    args = ['--version'] + _base_args(request.config)
+    # can't use quteproc_new here because it's confused by
+    # early process termination
+    proc = quteprocess.QuteProc(request)
+    proc.proc.setProcessChannelMode(QProcess.SeparateChannels)
+
+    try:
+        proc.start(args)
+        proc.wait_for_quit()
+    except testprocess.ProcessExited:
+        assert proc.proc.exitStatus() == QProcess.NormalExit
+    else:
+        pytest.fail("Process did not exit!")
+
+    output = bytes(proc.proc.readAllStandardOutput()).decode('utf-8')
+
+    assert re.search(r'^qutebrowser\s+v\d+(\.\d+)', output) is not None
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_version.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_version.py
index 16f47b473..39ae7cea1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/test_version.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_version.py
@@ -313,6 +313,30 @@ def test_release_info(files, expected, caplog, monkeypatch):
         assert caplog.records[0].message == "Error while reading fake-file."
 
 
+def test_path_info(monkeypatch):
+    """Test _path_info()."""
+    patches = {
+        'config': lambda: 'CONFIG PATH',
+        'data': lambda: 'DATA PATH',
+        'system_data': lambda: 'SYSTEM DATA PATH',
+        'cache': lambda: 'CACHE PATH',
+        'download': lambda: 'DOWNLOAD PATH',
+        'runtime': lambda: 'RUNTIME PATH',
+    }
+
+    for attr, val in patches.items():
+        monkeypatch.setattr('qutebrowser.utils.standarddir.' + attr, val)
+
+    pathinfo = version._path_info()
+
+    assert pathinfo['config'] == 'CONFIG PATH'
+    assert pathinfo['data'] == 'DATA PATH'
+    assert pathinfo['system_data'] == 'SYSTEM DATA PATH'
+    assert pathinfo['cache'] == 'CACHE PATH'
+    assert pathinfo['download'] == 'DOWNLOAD PATH'
+    assert pathinfo['runtime'] == 'RUNTIME PATH'
+
+
 class ImportFake:
 
     """A fake for __import__ which is used by the import_fake fixture.
@@ -644,6 +668,7 @@ def test_version_output(git_commit, frozen, style, equal_qt, with_webkit,
         'platform.platform': lambda: 'PLATFORM',
         'platform.architecture': lambda: ('ARCHITECTURE', ''),
         '_os_info': lambda: ['OS INFO 1', 'OS INFO 2'],
+        '_path_info': lambda: {'PATH DESC': 'PATH NAME'},
         'QApplication': (stubs.FakeQApplication(style='STYLE') if style else
                          stubs.FakeQApplication(instance=None)),
     }
@@ -674,6 +699,9 @@ def test_version_output(git_commit, frozen, style, equal_qt, with_webkit,
         Imported from {import_path}
         OS INFO 1
         OS INFO 2
+
+        Paths:
+        PATH DESC: PATH NAME
     """.lstrip('\n'))
 
     substitutions = {