diff --git a/cmd/protoc-gen-go/internal_gengo/main.go b/cmd/protoc-gen-go/internal_gengo/main.go
index 2c740411..675488ad 100644
--- a/cmd/protoc-gen-go/internal_gengo/main.go
+++ b/cmd/protoc-gen-go/internal_gengo/main.go
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ func genGeneratedHeader(gen *protogen.Plugin, g *protogen.GeneratedFile, f *file
 		protocVersion := "(unknown)"
 		if v := gen.Request.GetCompilerVersion(); v != nil {
 			protocVersion = fmt.Sprintf("v%v.%v.%v", v.GetMajor(), v.GetMinor(), v.GetPatch())
+			if s := v.GetSuffix(); s != "" {
+				protocVersion += "-" + s
+			}
 		}
 		g.P("// \tprotoc-gen-go ", protocGenGoVersion)
 		g.P("// \tprotoc        ", protocVersion)