diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c86283c33..58afb1758 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ add_subdirectory(assets)
 ## config.h generation
 set(GIT_EXECUTABLE "git" CACHE FILEPATH "Path to git binary")
 include(GitUtilities)
-git_describe(SRB2_COMP_REVISION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+git_describe(SRB2_GIT_DESCRIBE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}")
+git_current_branch(SRB2_GIT_BRANCH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}")
+set(SRB2_COMP_REVISION "${SRB2_GIT_DESCRIBE}-<${SRB2_GIT_BRANCH}>")
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/config.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/config.h)
 
 ##### PACKAGE CONFIGURATION #####
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/GitUtilities.cmake b/cmake/Modules/GitUtilities.cmake
index de4015b0d..683cf9b6b 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/GitUtilities.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/GitUtilities.cmake
@@ -14,9 +14,18 @@ function(git_describe variable path)
 		ERROR_QUIET
 		OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
 	)
-	#if(NOT result EQUAL 0)
-	#	set(${variable} "GITERROR-${result}-NOTFOUND" CACHE STRING "revision" FORCE)
-	#endif()
 
 	set(${variable} "${output}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
+
+function(git_current_branch variable path)
+	execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} "symbolic-ref" "--short" "HEAD"
+		WORKING_DIRECTORY "${path}"
+		RESULT_VARIABLE result
+		OUTPUT_VARIABLE output
+		ERROR_QUIET
+		OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+	)
+
+	set(${variable} "${output}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/config.h.in b/src/config.h.in
index 7c5b299cf..53747266c 100644
--- a/src/config.h.in
+++ b/src/config.h.in
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #define ASSET_HASH_PATCH_DTA  "${SRB2_ASSET_patch.dta_HASH}"
 
 #define SRB2_COMP_REVISION    "${SRB2_COMP_REVISION}"
+#define SRB2_GIT_DESCRIBE     "${SRB2_GIT_DESCRIBE}"
+#define SRB2_GIT_BRANCH       "${SRB2_GIT_BRANCH}"
 
 #define CMAKE_ASSETS_DIR      "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/assets"