diff --git a/compiler/rustc_driver_impl/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_driver_impl/src/lib.rs
index d9633d69f1d..627a0ebb4e5 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_driver_impl/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_driver_impl/src/lib.rs
@@ -909,6 +909,15 @@ pub fn version_at_macro_invocation(
 ) {
     let verbose = matches.opt_present("verbose");
 
+    let mut version = version;
+    let mut release = release;
+    let tmp;
+    if let Ok(force_version) = std::env::var("RUSTC_OVERRIDE_VERSION_STRING") {
+        tmp = force_version;
+        version = &tmp;
+        release = &tmp;
+    }
+
     safe_println!("{binary} {version}");
 
     if verbose {
diff --git a/tests/ui/feature-gates/version_check.rs b/tests/ui/feature-gates/version_check.rs
index 093fda3fbe5..e212dc74fd1 100644
--- a/tests/ui/feature-gates/version_check.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/feature-gates/version_check.rs
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ fn main() {
         .unwrap()
         .stdout;
     let version = std::str::from_utf8(&version).unwrap().strip_prefix("rustc ").unwrap().trim_end();
-    assert_ne!(version, signalled_version);
+    assert_eq!(version, signalled_version);
 }