diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dd05447..14259c8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ if test "$USEPERL" = "yes"; then
     AC_SUBST(PERLLIBS)
 fi
 
+##############################################
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([GIT_HASH], "`git describe --always 2>/dev/null`", ["git version information"])
+
 ##############################################
 AM_CONDITIONAL(USEBSD, test "$(uname)" = "FreeBSD")
 
diff --git a/neb_module_naemon/mod_gearman.c b/neb_module_naemon/mod_gearman.c
index dbbc408..7c671fa 100644
--- a/neb_module_naemon/mod_gearman.c
+++ b/neb_module_naemon/mod_gearman.c
@@ -187,7 +187,10 @@ int nebmodule_init( int flags, char *args, nebmodule *handle ) {
     if ( mod_gm_opt->logmode != GM_LOG_MODE_CORE ) {
         int logmode_saved = mod_gm_opt->logmode;
         mod_gm_opt->logmode = GM_LOG_MODE_CORE;
-        gm_log( GM_LOG_INFO,  "initialized version %s (libgearman %s)\n", GM_VERSION, gearman_version() );
+        if(strlen(GIT_HASH) > 0)
+            gm_log( GM_LOG_INFO,  "initialized version %s (build: %s) (libgearman %s)\n", GM_VERSION, GIT_HASH, gearman_version() );
+        else
+            gm_log( GM_LOG_INFO,  "initialized version %s (libgearman %s)\n", GM_VERSION, gearman_version() );
         mod_gm_opt->logmode = logmode_saved;
     }