diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index f6a27ed136..a2eb652494 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ get_version() {
 
   if [ "$OPENELEC_VERSION" = devel -o "$OPENELEC_VERSION" = debug ]; then
     GIT_BUILD=`git log --pretty=format:'' | wc -l`
+    GIT_HASH=`git log -n1 --format=%H`
     OPENELEC_VERSION=$OPENELEC_VERSION-$BUILD_DATE-r$GIT_BUILD
   fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/image b/scripts/image
index 0737cc1bd4..e05fd2ee07 100755
--- a/scripts/image
+++ b/scripts/image
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ mkdir -p $INSTALL
   echo "$OPENELEC_VERSION" > $INSTALL/etc/version
   echo "$TARGET_VERSION" > $INSTALL/etc/release
   echo "$DISTRONAME - Version: $OPENELEC_VERSION" > $INSTALL/etc/openelec-release
+  if [ -n "$GIT_HASH" ]; then
+    echo "$GIT_HASH" >> $INSTALL/etc/gitrev
+  fi
 
 # create /etc/issue
   echo $GREATING0 >  $INSTALL/etc/issue
@@ -72,6 +75,9 @@ mkdir -p $INSTALL
   echo $GREATING3 >> $INSTALL/etc/issue
   echo $GREATING4 >> $INSTALL/etc/issue
   echo "$DISTRONAME Version: $OPENELEC_VERSION" >> $INSTALL/etc/issue
+  if [ -n "$GIT_HASH" ]; then
+    echo "$DISTRONAME git: $GIT_HASH" >> $INSTALL/etc/issue
+  fi
 
 # copy project related files to filesystem
   if [ -d "$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/filesystem" ]; then