diff --git a/go-junit-report.go b/go-junit-report.go
index 9375eb1..531faba 100644
--- a/go-junit-report.go
+++ b/go-junit-report.go
@@ -21,18 +21,20 @@ var (
 )
 
 var (
-	noXMLHeader   = flag.Bool("no-xml-header", false, "do not print xml header")
-	packageName   = flag.String("package-name", "", "specify a package name (compiled test have no package name in output)")
-	goVersionFlag = flag.String("go-version", "", "specify the value to use for the go.version property in the generated XML")
-	setExitCode   = flag.Bool("set-exit-code", false, "set exit code to 1 if tests failed")
-	version       = flag.Bool("version", false, "print version")
-	input         = flag.String("in", "", "read go test log from file")
-	output        = flag.String("out", "", "write XML report to file")
-	iocopy        = flag.Bool("iocopy", false, "copy input to stdout; can only be used in conjunction with -out")
-	properties    = make(keyValueFlag)
+	noXMLHeader = flag.Bool("no-xml-header", false, "do not print xml header")
+	packageName = flag.String("package-name", "", "specify a package name (compiled test have no package name in output)")
+	setExitCode = flag.Bool("set-exit-code", false, "set exit code to 1 if tests failed")
+	version     = flag.Bool("version", false, "print version")
+	input       = flag.String("in", "", "read go test log from file")
+	output      = flag.String("out", "", "write XML report to file")
+	iocopy      = flag.Bool("iocopy", false, "copy input to stdout; can only be used in conjunction with -out")
+	properties  = make(keyValueFlag)
 
 	// debug flags
 	printEvents = flag.Bool("debug.print-events", false, "print events generated by the go test parser")
+
+	// deprecated flags
+	goVersionFlag = flag.String("go-version", "", "(deprecated, use -prop) the value to use for the go.version property in the generated XML")
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -47,6 +49,11 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	if *goVersionFlag != "" {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "the -go-version flag is deprecated and will be removed in the future.\n")
+		properties["go.version"] = *goVersionFlag
+	}
+
 	if flag.NArg() != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s does not accept positional arguments\n", os.Args[0])
 		flag.Usage()