diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/createlog b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/createlog
index 7d9d88f983..b39b08d061 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/createlog
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/createlog
@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@
 DATE=`date -u +%Y-%m-%d-%H.%M.%S`
 BASEDIR="/tmp"
 LOGDIR="log-$DATE"
+RELEASE="`cat /etc/release`"
+GIT="`cat /etc/issue |grep git`"
 
 getlog_cmd() {
   echo "################################################################################" >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
   echo "# ... output of $@" >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
+  echo "# OpenELEC release: $RELEASE" >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
+  echo "# $GIT" >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
   echo "################################################################################" >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
   $@ >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
   echo "" >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE