diff --git a/atuin/build.rs b/atuin/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06df6463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atuin/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+use std::process::Command;
+fn main() {
+    let output = Command::new("git")
+        .args(["rev-parse", "HEAD"])
+        .output()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let git_hash = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).unwrap();
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=GIT_HASH={}", git_hash);
+}
diff --git a/atuin/src/command/client/sync/status.rs b/atuin/src/command/client/sync/status.rs
index e0d45cad..b4aa3b71 100644
--- a/atuin/src/command/client/sync/status.rs
+++ b/atuin/src/command/client/sync/status.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::{SHA, VERSION};
 use atuin_client::{api_client, database::Database, settings::Settings};
 use colored::Colorize;
 use eyre::Result;
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ pub async fn run(settings: &Settings, db: &impl Database) -> Result<()> {
     let last_sync = Settings::last_sync()?;
     let local_count = db.history_count().await?;
 
+    println!("Atuin v{VERSION} - Build rev {SHA}\n");
+
     println!("{}", "[Local]".green());
 
     if settings.auto_sync {
diff --git a/atuin/src/main.rs b/atuin/src/main.rs
index 2f81f4fc..8a00177a 100644
--- a/atuin/src/main.rs
+++ b/atuin/src/main.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use command::AtuinCmd;
 mod command;
 
 const VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+const SHA: &str = env!("GIT_HASH");
 
 static HELP_TEMPLATE: &str = "\
 {before-help}{name} {version}