diff --git a/swarm/network/kademlia.go b/swarm/network/kademlia.go
index f9b38fc48d..626085ab00 100644
--- a/swarm/network/kademlia.go
+++ b/swarm/network/kademlia.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/pot"
+	sv "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/version"
 )
 
 /*
@@ -552,6 +553,9 @@ func (k *Kademlia) string() string {
 	var rows []string
 
 	rows = append(rows, "=========================================================================")
+	if len(sv.GitCommit) > 0 {
+		rows = append(rows, fmt.Sprintf("commit hash: %s", sv.GitCommit))
+	}
 	rows = append(rows, fmt.Sprintf("%v KΛÐΞMLIΛ hive: queen's address: %x", time.Now().UTC().Format(time.UnixDate), k.BaseAddr()[:3]))
 	rows = append(rows, fmt.Sprintf("population: %d (%d), NeighbourhoodSize: %d, MinBinSize: %d, MaxBinSize: %d", k.conns.Size(), k.addrs.Size(), k.NeighbourhoodSize, k.MinBinSize, k.MaxBinSize))
 
diff --git a/swarm/version/version.go b/swarm/version/version.go
index fb4c531110..15adf13fb9 100644
--- a/swarm/version/version.go
+++ b/swarm/version/version.go
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ var VersionWithMeta = func() string {
 	return v
 }()
 
+// this variable will be assigned if corresponding parameter is passed with install, but not with test
+// e.g.: go install -ldflags "-X main.gitCommit=ed1312d01b19e04ef578946226e5d8069d5dfd5a" ./cmd/swarm
+var GitCommit string
+
 // ArchiveVersion holds the textual version string used for Swarm archives.
 // e.g. "0.3.0-dea1ce05" for stable releases, or
 //      "0.3.1-unstable-21c059b6" for unstable releases
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ func ArchiveVersion(gitCommit string) string {
 	}
 	if len(gitCommit) >= 8 {
 		vsn += "-" + gitCommit[:8]
+		GitCommit = gitCommit[:8]
 	}
 	return vsn
 }
@@ -59,6 +64,7 @@ func VersionWithCommit(gitCommit string) string {
 	vsn := Version
 	if len(gitCommit) >= 8 {
 		vsn += "-" + gitCommit[:8]
+		GitCommit = gitCommit[:8]
 	}
 	return vsn
 }