diff --git a/config/path b/config/path
index ead51f3f65..31cfa69612 100644
--- a/config/path
+++ b/config/path
@@ -348,3 +348,13 @@ add_group() {
     echo "$1:x:$2:$3" >> ${INSTALL}/etc/group
   fi
 }
+
+get_version() {
+  if [ "$OPENELEC_VERSION" = devel -o "$OPENELEC_VERSION" = debug ]; then
+    BUILD_DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
+    GIT_BUILD=`git log --pretty=format:'' | wc -l`
+    OPENELEC_VERSION=$OPENELEC_VERSION-$BUILD_DATE-r$GIT_BUILD
+  fi
+
+  TARGET_VERSION="$PROJECT.$TARGET_ARCH-$OPENELEC_VERSION"
+}