diff --git a/parallel-lint b/parallel-lint
index b6bb513..3a806d5 100755
--- a/parallel-lint
+++ b/parallel-lint
@@ -31,7 +31,15 @@ either expressed or implied, of the FreeBSD Project.
  */
 
 if (!defined('PHP_VERSION_ID') || PHP_VERSION_ID < 50300) {
-    fwrite(STDERR, "PHP Parallel Lint requires PHP 5.3.0 or newer." . PHP_EOL);
+    fwrite(
+        STDERR,
+        sprintf(
+            'PHP Parallel Lint requires PHP 5.3.0 or newer.' . PHP_EOL
+            . 'You are using PHP %s (%s).' . PHP_EOL,
+            PHP_VERSION,
+            PHP_BINDIR
+        )
+    );
     exit(254);
 }
 
@@ -70,5 +78,7 @@ if (!$loaded) {
 
 require_once __DIR__ . '/src/polyfill.php';
 
-$app = new PHP_Parallel_Lint\PhpParallelLint\Application();
+// Prevent parse error on PHP < 5.3 so the version check above can work.
+$className = 'PHP_Parallel_Lint\PhpParallelLint\Application';
+$app = new $className();
 exit($app->run());