diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 3fdb42c1c5..82078caa96 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4977.	[func]		When starting up, log the same details that
+			would be reported by 'named -V'. [GL #247]
+
 4976.	[bug]		Log the label with invalid prefix length correctly
 			when loading RPZ zones. [GL #254]
 
diff --git a/bin/named/main.c b/bin/named/main.c
index 6838d3c4c4..71ab51b866 100644
--- a/bin/named/main.c
+++ b/bin/named/main.c
@@ -981,6 +981,85 @@ setup(void) {
 		      NAMED_LOGMODULE_MAIN, ISC_LOG_NOTICE,
 		      "running as: %s%s",
 		      program_name, saved_command_line);
+#ifdef __clang__
+	isc_log_write(named_g_lctx, NAMED_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
+		      NAMED_LOGMODULE_MAIN, ISC_LOG_NOTICE,
+		      "compiled by CLANG %s", __VERSION__);
+#else
+#if defined(__ICC) || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
+	isc_log_write(named_g_lctx, NAMED_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
+		      NAMED_LOGMODULE_MAIN, ISC_LOG_NOTICE,
+		      "compiled by ICC %s", __VERSION__);
+#else
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+	isc_log_write(named_g_lctx, NAMED_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
+		      NAMED_LOGMODULE_MAIN, ISC_LOG_NOTICE,
+		      "compiled by GCC %s", __VERSION__);
+#endif
+#endif
+#endif
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+	isc_log_write(named_g_lctx, NAMED_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
+		      NAMED_LOGMODULE_MAIN, ISC_LOG_NOTICE,
+		      "compiled by MSVC %d", _MSC_VER);
+#endif
+#ifdef __SUNPRO_C
+	isc_log_write(named_g_lctx, NAMED_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
+		      NAMED_LOGMODULE_MAIN, ISC_LOG_NOTICE,
+		      "compiled by Solaris Studio %x", __SUNPRO_C);
+#endif
+#ifdef OPENSSL
+	isc_log_write(named_g_lctx, NAMED_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
+		      NAMED_LOGMODULE_MAIN, ISC_LOG_NOTICE,
+		      "compiled with OpenSSL version: %s",
+	              OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT);
+#if !defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER) && \
+    OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10100000L /* 1.1.0 or higher */
+	isc_log_write(named_g_lctx, NAMED_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
+		      NAMED_LOGMODULE_MAIN, ISC_LOG_NOTICE,
+		      "linked to OpenSSL version: %s",
+		      OpenSSL_version(OPENSSL_VERSION));
+#else
+	isc_log_write(named_g_lctx, NAMED_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
+		      NAMED_LOGMODULE_MAIN, ISC_LOG_NOTICE,
+		      "linked to OpenSSL version: %s",
+		      SSLeay_version(SSLEAY_VERSION));
+#endif /* OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10100000L */
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBXML2
+	isc_log_write(named_g_lctx, NAMED_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
+		      NAMED_LOGMODULE_MAIN, ISC_LOG_NOTICE,
+		      "compiled with libxml2 version: %s",
+		      LIBXML_DOTTED_VERSION);
+	isc_log_write(named_g_lctx, NAMED_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
+		      NAMED_LOGMODULE_MAIN, ISC_LOG_NOTICE,
+		      "linked to libxml2 version: %s", xmlParserVersion);
+#endif
+#if defined(HAVE_JSON) && defined(JSON_C_VERSION)
+	isc_log_write(named_g_lctx, NAMED_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
+		      NAMED_LOGMODULE_MAIN, ISC_LOG_NOTICE,
+		      "compiled with libjson-c version: %s", JSON_C_VERSION);
+	isc_log_write(named_g_lctx, NAMED_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
+		      NAMED_LOGMODULE_MAIN, ISC_LOG_NOTICE,
+		      "linked to libjson-c version: %s", json_c_version());
+#endif
+#if defined(HAVE_ZLIB) && defined(ZLIB_VERSION)
+	isc_log_write(named_g_lctx, NAMED_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
+		      NAMED_LOGMODULE_MAIN, ISC_LOG_NOTICE,
+		      "compiled with zlib version: %s", ZLIB_VERSION);
+	isc_log_write(named_g_lctx, NAMED_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
+		      NAMED_LOGMODULE_MAIN, ISC_LOG_NOTICE,
+		      "linked to zlib version: %s", zlibVersion());
+#endif
+#ifdef ISC_PLATFORM_USETHREADS
+	isc_log_write(named_g_lctx, NAMED_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
+		      NAMED_LOGMODULE_MAIN, ISC_LOG_NOTICE,
+		      "threads support is enabled");
+#else
+	isc_log_write(named_g_lctx, NAMED_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
+		      NAMED_LOGMODULE_MAIN, ISC_LOG_NOTICE,
+		      "threads support is disabled");
+#endif
 
 	isc_log_write(named_g_lctx, NAMED_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
 		      NAMED_LOGMODULE_MAIN, ISC_LOG_NOTICE,