diff --git a/utils/zstd/test-version.sh b/utils/zstd/test-version.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# zstdgrep and zstdless are shell script wrappers; only the zstd binary reports
+# a version string
+[ "$1" = "zstd" ] || exit 0
+
+/usr/bin/zstd --version | grep -qF "$2"