diff --git a/scripts/version.sh b/scripts/version.sh
index 6a7efdec9..156b93d26 100755
--- a/scripts/version.sh
+++ b/scripts/version.sh
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ set -e
 
 VERSION=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --always)
 REVISION=$(git rev-list ${VERSION}.. --count)
+COMMENT=$(git rev-list HEAD --max-count=1 | cut -c1-9)
 if [ "${REVISION}" != "0" ]; then
 	# must construct full version string manually
 	VERSION=${VERSION}_${REVISION}
 fi
 
-echo ${VERSION}
+echo ${VERSION}-${COMMENT}