diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7550e7f7b..e4a02ecee 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1787,6 +1787,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "libc",
  "libgit2-sys",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
  "log 0.4.11",
  "url 2.1.1",
 ]
@@ -2458,7 +2460,9 @@ checksum = "9b33bf3d9d4c45b48ae1ea7c334be69994624dc0a69f833d5d9f7605f24b552b"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
+ "libssh2-sys",
  "libz-sys",
+ "openssl-sys",
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
@@ -2483,6 +2487,20 @@ 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 8a9fd2879..9b0efb3e8 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ 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 000000000..7a3529943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+use git2::Repository;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::{env, fs, io};
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), io::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 = latest_commit_hash(env::current_dir()?).unwrap_or_default();
+
+    let commit_hash_path = Path::new(&out_dir).join("git_commit_hash");
+    fs::write(commit_hash_path, latest_commit_hash)?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn latest_commit_hash<P: AsRef<Path>>(dir: P) -> Result<String, git2::Error> {
+    let dir = dir.as_ref();
+    Ok(Repository::discover(dir)?
+        .head()?
+        .peel_to_commit()?
+        .id()
+        .to_string())
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/version.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/version.rs
index 5ca2d2e13..db80eeda0 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/version.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/version.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ 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]
@@ -48,6 +50,14 @@ pub fn version(args: CommandArgs, _registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputS
         UntaggedValue::string(clap::crate_version!()).into_value(&tag),
     );
 
+    let commit_hash = Some(GIT_COMMIT_HASH.trim()).filter(|x| x.is_empty());
+    if let Some(commit_hash) = commit_hash {
+        indexmap.insert(
+            "commit_hash".to_string(),
+            UntaggedValue::string(commit_hash).into_value(&tag),
+        );
+    }
+
     indexmap.insert("features".to_string(), features_enabled(&tag).into_value());
 
     let value = UntaggedValue::Row(Dictionary::from(indexmap)).into_value(&tag);