diff --git a/build/logging.rs b/build/logging.rs
index 4b228d1e..5184b2db 100644
--- a/build/logging.rs
+++ b/build/logging.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
+use {
+    crate::open,
+    std::{fmt::Write as _, io::Write as _, process::Command},
+};
+
 pub fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    create_bridge()?;
+    create_version()?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn create_bridge() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/bridge.c");
     cc::Build::new().file("src/bridge.c").compile("bridge");
     Ok(())
 }
+
+fn create_version() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let mut version_string = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string();
+    if let Ok(output) = Command::new("git").arg("rev-parse").arg("HEAD").output() {
+        if output.status.success() {
+            if let Ok(commit) = std::str::from_utf8(&output.stdout) {
+                write!(version_string, " ({})", commit.trim())?;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    let mut f = open("version.rs")?;
+    writeln!(f, "pub const VERSION: &str = \"{}\";", version_string)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/compositor.rs b/src/compositor.rs
index 98e07650..068f281e 100644
--- a/src/compositor.rs
+++ b/src/compositor.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ use {
             oserror::OsError, queue::AsyncQueue, refcounted::RefCounted, run_toplevel::RunToplevel,
             tri::Try,
         },
+        version::VERSION,
         video::drm::wait_for_sync_obj::WaitForSyncObj,
         wheel::{Wheel, WheelError},
         xkbcommon::XkbContext,
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ fn start_compositor2(
     test_future: Option<TestFuture>,
 ) -> Result<(), CompositorError> {
     log::info!("pid = {}", uapi::getpid());
+    log::info!("version = {VERSION}");
     init_fd_limit();
     leaks::init();
     clientmem::init()?;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e22cbc93..bdd39264 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ mod tree;
 mod udev;
 mod user_session;
 mod utils;
+mod version;
 mod video;
 mod wheel;
 mod wire;
diff --git a/src/portal.rs b/src/portal.rs
index dc86725a..e196c9fb 100644
--- a/src/portal.rs
+++ b/src/portal.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ use {
             run_toplevel::RunToplevel,
             xrd::xrd,
         },
+        version::VERSION,
         video::dmabuf::DmaBufIds,
         wheel::Wheel,
         wire_dbus::org,
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ async fn init_dbus_session(dbus: &Dbus, logger: Arc<Logger>) -> Rc<DbusSocket> {
         Ok(r) if r.get().rv == DBUS_REQUEST_NAME_REPLY_PRIMARY_OWNER => {
             log::info!("Acquired unique name {}", UNIQUE_NAME);
             logger.redirect("portal");
+            log::info!("version = {VERSION}");
             let fork = match fork_with_pidfd(false) {
                 Ok(f) => f,
                 Err(e) => fatal!("Could not fork: {}", ErrorFmt(e)),
diff --git a/src/version.rs b/src/version.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a10d703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/version.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/version.rs"));