From d86e5ffa0611500dd42edddc7d92fb9d2a2305d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rallytime <nicole@saltstack.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:23:44 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add -V option to work with --versions-report

Fixes #36364
---
 salt/utils/parsers.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/salt/utils/parsers.py b/salt/utils/parsers.py
index 87fcac3aee21..446bdb3f981a 100644
--- a/salt/utils/parsers.py
+++ b/salt/utils/parsers.py
@@ -236,7 +236,9 @@ def _populate_option_list(self, option_list, add_help=True):
     def _add_version_option(self):
         optparse.OptionParser._add_version_option(self)
         self.add_option(
-            '--versions-report', action='store_true',
+            '--versions-report',
+            '-V',
+            action='store_true',
             help='Show program\'s dependencies version number and exit.'
         )