diff --git a/src/plugins/beautifier/artisticstyle/artisticstyleoptionspage.cpp b/src/plugins/beautifier/artisticstyle/artisticstyleoptionspage.cpp
index 95afae7aea2d7e8547ab33a29ed4a24318f33b4e..53f1dc7df370bc6a6d751f8a3770e951ca5c44b7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/beautifier/artisticstyle/artisticstyleoptionspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/beautifier/artisticstyle/artisticstyleoptionspage.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ ArtisticStyleOptionsPageWidget::ArtisticStyleOptionsPageWidget(ArtisticStyleSett
     ui->specificConfigFile->setExpectedKind(Utils::PathChooser::File);
     ui->specificConfigFile->setPromptDialogFilter(tr("AStyle (*.astylerc)"));
     ui->command->setExpectedKind(Utils::PathChooser::ExistingCommand);
+    ui->command->setCommandVersionArguments({"--version"});
     ui->command->setPromptDialogTitle(BeautifierPlugin::msgCommandPromptDialogTitle(
                                           ArtisticStyle::tr(Constants::ArtisticStyle::DISPLAY_NAME)));
     connect(ui->command, &Utils::PathChooser::validChanged, ui->options, &QWidget::setEnabled);
diff --git a/src/plugins/beautifier/clangformat/clangformatoptionspage.cpp b/src/plugins/beautifier/clangformat/clangformatoptionspage.cpp
index a9ed3cef25df8ac35e74e6eeec651add2791a87b..ddac14461f18eb129bab57638a9260b4f6ec03e9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/beautifier/clangformat/clangformatoptionspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/beautifier/clangformat/clangformatoptionspage.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ ClangFormatOptionsPageWidget::ClangFormatOptionsPageWidget(ClangFormatSettings *
     ui->predefinedStyle->addItems(m_settings->predefinedStyles());
     ui->fallbackStyle->addItems(m_settings->fallbackStyles());
     ui->command->setExpectedKind(Utils::PathChooser::ExistingCommand);
+    ui->command->setCommandVersionArguments({"--version"});
     ui->command->setPromptDialogTitle(
                 BeautifierPlugin::msgCommandPromptDialogTitle("Clang Format"));
     connect(ui->command, &Utils::PathChooser::validChanged, ui->options, &QWidget::setEnabled);
diff --git a/src/plugins/beautifier/uncrustify/uncrustifyoptionspage.cpp b/src/plugins/beautifier/uncrustify/uncrustifyoptionspage.cpp
index 9fdfaa7a1eb7106424f931f8c4d5ea84297e5674..a0293196cddf37aa3ddaf4e10875e7c9c9b26238 100644
--- a/src/plugins/beautifier/uncrustify/uncrustifyoptionspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/beautifier/uncrustify/uncrustifyoptionspage.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ UncrustifyOptionsPageWidget::UncrustifyOptionsPageWidget(UncrustifySettings *set
     ui->uncrusifyFilePath->setPromptDialogFilter(tr("Uncrustify file (*.cfg)"));
 
     ui->command->setExpectedKind(Utils::PathChooser::ExistingCommand);
+    ui->command->setCommandVersionArguments({"--version"});
     ui->command->setPromptDialogTitle(BeautifierPlugin::msgCommandPromptDialogTitle(
                                           Uncrustify::tr(Constants::Uncrustify::DISPLAY_NAME)));
     connect(ui->command, &Utils::PathChooser::validChanged, ui->options, &QWidget::setEnabled);