diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 46e6163..c1b78b3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 *.img
 dc-build.sh
 .buildconfig
+GL/version.h
diff --git a/GL/flush.c b/GL/flush.c
index 6c68fe7..408c680 100644
--- a/GL/flush.c
+++ b/GL/flush.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "../containers/aligned_vector.h"
 #include "private.h"
 #include "profiler.h"
+#include "version.h"
 
 #define TA_SQ_ADDR (unsigned int *)(void *) \
     (0xe0000000 | (((unsigned long)0x10000000) & 0x03ffffe0))
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ void APIENTRY glKosInitConfig(GLdcConfig* config) {
 void APIENTRY glKosInitEx(GLdcConfig* config) {
     TRACE();
 
+    printf("\nWelcome to GLdc! Git revision: %s\n\n", GLDC_VERSION);
+
     _glInitPVR(config->autosort_enabled);
 
     _glInitMatrices();
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 76a1114..f761d3a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,17 +6,20 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018 Luke Benstead
 
 TARGET = libGLdc.a
-OBJS = GL/draw.o GL/flush.o GL/framebuffer.o GL/immediate.o GL/lighting.o GL/state.o GL/texture.o GL/glu.o
+OBJS = GL/draw.o GL/flush.o GL/framebuffer.o GL/immediate.o GL/lighting.o GL/state.o GL/texture.o GL/glu.o GL/version.h
 OBJS += GL/matrix.o GL/fog.o GL/error.o GL/clip.o containers/stack.o containers/named_array.o containers/aligned_vector.o GL/profiler.o
 
 SUBDIRS =
 
 KOS_CFLAGS += -ffast-math -Ofast -Iinclude
 
+GL/version.h:
+	@echo -e '#pragma once\n#define GLDC_VERSION "$(shell git describe --abbrev=4 --dirty --always --tags)"\n' > $@
+
 link:
 	$(KOS_AR) rcs $(TARGET) $(OBJS)
 
-build: $(OBJS) link
+build: GL/version.h $(OBJS) link
 
 
 samples: build