diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 98261b83..c962a7a2 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ elif [ "$platform" == "mingw64" ] || [ "$platform" == "mingw32" ]; then
     MONEROD_EXEC=monerod.exe
 fi
 
+# force version update
+get_tag
+echo "var VERSION = \"$VERSIONTAG\"" > version.js
+
 cd build
 qmake ../monero-wallet-gui.pro "$CONFIG"
 make 
diff --git a/pages/Settings.qml b/pages/Settings.qml
index 0231dc57..52dc4496 100644
--- a/pages/Settings.qml
+++ b/pages/Settings.qml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import QtQuick.Controls 1.4
 import QtQuick.Controls.Styles 1.4
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.1
 import QtQuick.Dialogs 1.2
+import "../version.js" as Version
 
 
 import "../components"
@@ -345,6 +346,14 @@ Rectangle {
             }
         }
 
+        Label {
+            id: guiVersion
+            Layout.topMargin: 8
+            color: "#4A4949"
+            text: qsTr("GUI version: ") + Version.VERSION + translationManager.emptyString
+            fontSize: 16
+        }
+
     }
 
     // Daemon console
diff --git a/qml.qrc b/qml.qrc
index 7501dfd1..a952af0f 100644
--- a/qml.qrc
+++ b/qml.qrc
@@ -121,5 +121,6 @@
         <file>components/StandardDialog.qml</file>
         <file>pages/Sign.qml</file>
         <file>components/DaemonManagerDialog.qml</file>
+        <file>version.js</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>
diff --git a/utils.sh b/utils.sh
index f04a485c..27304a7d 100755
--- a/utils.sh
+++ b/utils.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,33 @@ function get_platform {
 }
 
 
+function get_tag()
+{
+  COMMIT=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD | sed -e 's/[\t ]*//')
+  if test $? -ne 0
+  then
+    echo "Cannot determine current commit. Make sure that you are building either from a Git working tree or from a source archive."
+    VERSIONTAG="unknown"
+  else
+    echo "You are currently on commit ${COMMIT}"
+    TAGGEDCOMMIT=$(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1 --abbrev-commit | sed -e 's/[\t ]*//')
+    if test -z "$TAGGEDCOMMIT"
+    then
+      echo "Cannot determine most recent tag. Make sure that you are building either from a Git working tree or from a source archive."
+      VERSIONTAG=$COMMIT
+    else
+      echo "The most recent tag was at ${TAGGEDCOMMIT}"
+      if test "$TAGGEDCOMMIT" = "$COMMIT"
+      then
+        echo "You are building a tagged release"
+        VERSIONTAG="release"
+      else
+        echo "You are ahead of or behind a tagged release"
+        VERSIONTAG="$COMMIT"
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+}