diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2f429bdce1..f076743662 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1600,6 +1600,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "libgit2-sys",
  "log",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -2117,7 +2119,9 @@ checksum = "9b33bf3d9d4c45b48ae1ea7c334be69994624dc0a69f833d5d9f7605f24b552b"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
+ "libssh2-sys",
  "libz-sys",
+ "openssl-sys",
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
@@ -2142,6 +2146,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libssh2-sys"
+version = "0.2.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eafa907407504b0e683786d4aba47acf250f114d37357d56608333fd167dd0fc"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "libz-sys",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libz-sys"
 version = "1.0.25"
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-cli/Cargo.toml
index a853ffcbe9..9740c677ce 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ optional = true
 version = "0.23.1"
 
 [build-dependencies]
+git2 = "0.13"
+
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 quickcheck = "0.9"
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/build.rs b/crates/nu-cli/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b255bec32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::{env, fs, io};
+
+use git2::Repository;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum Error {
+    IoError(io::Error),
+    GitError(git2::Error),
+}
+
+impl From<git2::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(git_error: git2::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::GitError(git_error)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<io::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(io_error: io::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::IoError(io_error)
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let out_dir = env::var_os("OUT_DIR").expect(
+    "\
+        OUT_DIR environment variable not found. \
+        OUT_DIR is guaranteed to to exist in a build script by cargo - see \
+        https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/environment-variables.html#environment-variables-cargo-sets-for-build-scripts\
+    ");
+    let latest_commit_hash = Repository::discover(env::current_dir()?)?
+        .head()?
+        .peel_to_commit()?
+        .id()
+        .to_string();
+
+    let commit_hash_path = Path::new(&out_dir).join("git_commit_hash");
+    fs::write(commit_hash_path, latest_commit_hash)?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/version.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/version.rs
index 1b1f17956a..7d013d2134 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/version.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/version.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use nu_errors::ShellError;
 use nu_protocol::{Dictionary, Signature, UntaggedValue};
 
+const GIT_COMMIT_HASH: &str = include_str!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/git_commit_hash"));
+
 pub struct Version;
 
 #[async_trait]
@@ -40,11 +42,16 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Version {
 pub fn version(args: CommandArgs, _registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
     let tag = args.call_info.args.span;
 
-    let mut indexmap = IndexMap::new();
+    let mut indexmap = IndexMap::with_capacity(2);
+
     indexmap.insert(
         "version".to_string(),
         UntaggedValue::string(clap::crate_version!()).into_value(&tag),
     );
+    indexmap.insert(
+        "commit_hash".to_string(),
+        UntaggedValue::string(GIT_COMMIT_HASH).into_value(&tag),
+    );
 
     let value = UntaggedValue::Row(Dictionary::from(indexmap)).into_value(&tag);
     Ok(OutputStream::one(value))