diff --git a/common/version.c b/common/version.c
index c32fa3cd1..0fc481aa7 100644
--- a/common/version.c
+++ b/common/version.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 #include "common/version.h"
+#include "globalconf.h"
 #include "awesome-version-internal.h"
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -67,16 +68,28 @@ eprint_version(void)
 
     printf("awesome %s (%s)\n"
            " • Compiled against %s (running with %s)\n"
+           " • API level: %d\n"
            " • D-Bus support: %s\n"
            " • xcb-errors support: %s\n"
            " • execinfo support: %s\n"
            " • xcb-randr version: %d.%d\n"
-           " • LGI version: %s\n",
-           AWESOME_VERSION, AWESOME_RELEASE,
-           LUA_RELEASE, lua_tostring(L, -2),
-           has_dbus, has_xcb_errors, has_execinfo,
-           XCB_RANDR_MAJOR_VERSION, XCB_RANDR_MINOR_VERSION,
-           lua_tostring(L, -1));
+           " • LGI version: %s\n"
+           " • Transparency enabled: %s\n"
+           " • Custom search paths: %s\n",
+        /* version      */ AWESOME_VERSION,
+        /* release      */ AWESOME_RELEASE,
+        /* Lua linked   */ LUA_RELEASE,
+        /* Lua runtime  */ lua_tostring(L, -2),
+        /* API Level    */ globalconf.api_level,
+        /* DBus         */ has_dbus,
+        /* XCB Error    */ has_xcb_errors,
+        /* Execinfo     */ has_execinfo,
+        /* XRandR major */ XCB_RANDR_MAJOR_VERSION,
+        /* XRandR minor */ XCB_RANDR_MINOR_VERSION,
+        /* LGI version  */ lua_tostring(L, -1),
+        /* ARGB support */ globalconf.had_overriden_depth ? "no"  : "yes",
+        /* Search path  */ globalconf.have_searchpaths    ? "yes" : "no"
+    );
     lua_close(L);
 
     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
diff --git a/globalconf.h b/globalconf.h
index 990700d05..970849bf5 100644
--- a/globalconf.h
+++ b/globalconf.h
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ typedef struct
     bool have_xkb;
     /** Check for XFixes extension */
     bool have_xfixes;
+    /** Custom searchpaths are present, the runtime is tinted */
+    bool have_searchpaths;
+    /** When --no-argb is used in the modeline or command line */
+    bool had_overriden_depth;
     uint8_t event_base_shape;
     uint8_t event_base_xkb;
     uint8_t event_base_randr;
diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index dc9b760da..ed2a905b9 100644
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -428,9 +428,11 @@ options_check_args(int argc, char **argv, int *init_flags, string_array_t *paths
 
             break;
           case 's':
+            globalconf.have_searchpaths = true;
             string_array_append(paths, a_strdup(optarg));
             break;
           case 'a':
+            globalconf.had_overriden_depth = true;
             (*init_flags) &= ~INIT_FLAG_ARGB;
             break;
           case 'r':