diff --git a/test/testaudio.c b/test/testaudio.c
index ce9f798c75..459f3e3cfd 100644
--- a/test/testaudio.c
+++ b/test/testaudio.c
@@ -1060,6 +1060,10 @@ SDL_AppResult SDL_AppInit(void **appstate, int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     int i;
 
+    char version[32];  /* use SDL's version number, since this test program is part of SDL's sources. */
+    SDL_snprintf(version, sizeof (version), "%d.%d.%d", SDL_MAJOR_VERSION, SDL_MINOR_VERSION, SDL_MICRO_VERSION);
+    SDL_SetAppMetadata("SDL testaudio", version, "org.libsdl.testaudio");
+
     state = SDLTest_CommonCreateState(argv, SDL_INIT_VIDEO | SDL_INIT_AUDIO);
     if (!state) {
         return SDL_APP_FAILURE;