diff --git a/src/AboutDialog.cpp b/src/AboutDialog.cpp
index 963ddf89e0..e2a21ae1f2 100644
--- a/src/AboutDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/AboutDialog.cpp
@@ -2,21 +2,27 @@
 #include "ui_AboutDialog.h"
 #include "version.h"
 #include "sqlite.h"
+#include "sqlitedb.h"
 
-AboutDialog::AboutDialog(QWidget *parent) :
+AboutDialog::AboutDialog(DBBrowserDB* _db, QWidget *parent) :
     QDialog(parent),
-    ui(new Ui::AboutDialog)
+    ui(new Ui::AboutDialog),
+    db(_db)
 {
+#ifdef ENABLE_SQLCIPHER
+    // Retrieve the SQLCipher version
+    QString sqlcipher_version = db->getPragma("cipher_version");
+#endif
+
+    // Display the About dialog
     ui->setupUi(this);
     this->setFixedSize(this->width(), this->height());
-
     ui->label_version->setText(tr("Version ") + APP_VERSION + "\n\n" +
                                tr("Qt Version ") + QT_VERSION_STR + "\n\n" +
 #ifdef ENABLE_SQLCIPHER
-                               tr("SQLCipher Version ") + SQLITE_VERSION
-#else
-                               tr("SQLite Version ") + SQLITE_VERSION
+                               tr("SQLCipher Version ") + sqlcipher_version + "\n\n" +
 #endif
+                               tr("SQLite Version ") + SQLITE_VERSION
                                );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/AboutDialog.h b/src/AboutDialog.h
index 7eed5c72d9..b63f88a96c 100644
--- a/src/AboutDialog.h
+++ b/src/AboutDialog.h
@@ -7,16 +7,19 @@ namespace Ui {
 class AboutDialog;
 }
 
+class DBBrowserDB;
+
 class AboutDialog : public QDialog
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    explicit AboutDialog(QWidget *parent = 0);
+    explicit AboutDialog(DBBrowserDB* _db, QWidget *parent = 0);
     ~AboutDialog();
 
 private:
     Ui::AboutDialog *ui;
+    DBBrowserDB* db;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/MainWindow.cpp b/src/MainWindow.cpp
index 28a992d959..3fd3fa2c79 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ void MainWindow::helpWhatsThis()
 
 void MainWindow::helpAbout()
 {
-    AboutDialog dialog(this);
+    AboutDialog dialog(&db, this);
     dialog.exec();
 }