diff --git a/copay.js b/copay.js
index 35178e9a3..5f058d6ab 100644
--- a/copay.js
+++ b/copay.js
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ var StorageLocalEncrypted = module.exports.StorageLocalEncrypted = require('./js
 module.exports.WalletFactory = require('./js/models/core/WalletFactory');
 module.exports.Wallet = require('./js/models/core/Wallet');
 module.exports.WalletLock = require('./js/models/core/WalletLock');
-module.exports.version = require('./version');
+module.exports.version = require('./version').version;
+module.exports.commitHash = require('./version').commitHash;
 
 // test hack :s, will fix 
 module.exports.FakePayProServer = require('./test/mocks/FakePayProServer');
diff --git a/js/controllers/version.js b/js/controllers/version.js
index 5e886c44a..f00fcc13a 100644
--- a/js/controllers/version.js
+++ b/js/controllers/version.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ angular.module('copayApp.controllers').controller('VersionController',
     function($scope, $rootScope, $http, notification) {
 
     $scope.version = copay.version;
+    $scope.commitHash = copay.commitHash;
     $scope.networkName = config.networkName;
 
     $http.get('https://api.github.com/repos/bitpay/copay/tags').success(function(data) {
diff --git a/util/build.js b/util/build.js
index db14b847d..3382fbb3f 100644
--- a/util/build.js
+++ b/util/build.js
@@ -5,13 +5,25 @@
 var fs = require('fs');
 var browserify = require('browserify');
 var exec = require('child_process').exec;
+var shell = require('shelljs');
+
 var puts = function(error, stdout, stderr) {
   if (error) console.log(error);
 };
 
+var getCommitHash = function() {
+  //exec git command to get the hash of the current commit
+  //git rev-parse HEAD
+
+  var hash = shell.exec('git rev-parse HEAD').output.trim().substr(0,10);
+  return hash;
+}
+
 var createVersion = function() {
   var json = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./package.json', 'utf8'));
-  var content = 'module.exports="' + json.version + '";';
+  var content = 'module.exports.version="' + json.version + '";';
+
+  content = content +  '\nmodule.exports.commitHash="' + getCommitHash() + '";';
   fs.writeFileSync("./version.js", content);
 };
 
diff --git a/views/includes/version.html b/views/includes/version.html
index 664152ca4..f3a19d227 100644
--- a/views/includes/version.html
+++ b/views/includes/version.html
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <div ng-controller="VersionController">
   <small>v{{version}}</small> 
   <small ng-if="networkName=='testnet'">[ {{networkName}} ]</small>
+  <small>{{commitHash}}</small> 
 </div>