diff --git a/gns3server/version.py b/gns3server/version.py
index fda1c3dd..34300d3c 100644
--- a/gns3server/version.py
+++ b/gns3server/version.py
@@ -24,4 +24,16 @@
 # number has been incremented)
 
 __version__ = "2.0.0dev8"
+
+# If it's a git checkout try to add the commit
+if "dev" in __version__:
+    try:
+        import os
+        import subprocess
+        if os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "..", ".git")):
+            r = subprocess.run(["git", "rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode().strip("\n")
+            __version__ += "-" + r
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+
 __version_info__ = (2, 0, 0, -99)