diff --git a/guix/scripts/container.scm b/guix/scripts/container.scm
index 10aed2be75..8041d64b6b 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/container.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/container.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2018 Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ Build and manipulate Linux containers.\n"))
       ((or ("-h") ("--help"))
        (show-help)
        (exit 0))
-      (("--version")
+      ((or ("-V") ("--version"))
        (show-version-and-exit "guix container"))
       ((action args ...)
        (if (member action %actions)
diff --git a/guix/scripts/import.scm b/guix/scripts/import.scm
index 67bc7a7553..f8cb85700d 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/import.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/import.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2018 Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ Run IMPORTER with ARGS.\n"))
     ((or ("-h") ("--help"))
      (show-help)
      (exit 0))
-    (("--version")
+    ((or ("-V") ("--version"))
      (show-version-and-exit "guix import"))
     ((importer args ...)
      (if (member importer importers)
diff --git a/guix/scripts/substitute.scm b/guix/scripts/substitute.scm
index d0beacc8ea..7634bb37f6 100755
--- a/guix/scripts/substitute.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/substitute.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2018 Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -1108,7 +1109,7 @@ default value."
           (process-substitution store-path destination
                                 #:cache-urls (substitute-urls)
                                 #:acl (current-acl))))
-       (("--version")
+       ((or ("-V") ("--version"))
         (show-version-and-exit "guix substitute"))
        (("--help")
         (show-help))