diff --git a/test-index-version.c b/test-index-version.c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-index-version.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+
+int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+ struct cache_header hdr;
+ int version;
+
+ memset(&hdr,0,sizeof(hdr));
+ if (read(0, &hdr, sizeof(hdr)) != sizeof(hdr))
+ return 0;
+ version = ntohl(hdr.hdr_version);
+ printf("%d\n", version);
+ return 0;
+}