diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 63b38efc4f..f0de22c7a6 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@
         <copy file="apps/jrobin/java/build/jrobin.jar" todir="build/" />
     </target>
 
-    <target name="buildProperties" depends="getMtnRev, getReleaseNumber, getBuildNumber, setBuildTimestamp, disableManifestClasspath" >
+    <target name="buildProperties" depends="getMtnRev, getGitRev, getReleaseNumber, getBuildNumber, setBuildTimestamp, disableManifestClasspath" >
         <!-- default if not set above -->
         <property name="workspace.version" value="unknown" />
         <!-- default if not set by setBuildTimestamp -->
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
         <!-- default if not set by disableManifestClasspath -->
         <property name="manifest.classpath.name" value="Class-Path" />
         <property name="full.version" value="${release.number}-${i2p.build.number}${build.extra}" />
-        <echo message="Building version ${full.version} (mtn rev ${workspace.version})" />
+        <echo message="Building version ${full.version} (revision ${workspace.version})" />
     </target>
 
     <target name="setBuildTimestamp" unless="${build.reproducible}" >
@@ -502,12 +502,12 @@
         </exec>
     </target>
 
-    <target name="trimMtnRev" depends="getMtnRev">
-        <exec executable="cut" inputstring="${workspace.version}" outputproperty="MtnShortHash" errorproperty="cut.error1" failifexecutionfails="true" >
+    <target name="trimRev" depends="getMtnRev, getGitRev">
+        <exec executable="cut" inputstring="${workspace.version}" outputproperty="shortHash" errorproperty="cut.error1" failifexecutionfails="true" >
             <arg value="-c" />
             <arg value="1-8" />
         </exec>
-        <echo message="Short version is: ${MtnShortHash}" />
+        <echo message="Short version is: ${shortHash}" />
     </target>
 
     <target name="checkIfBumped">
@@ -563,6 +563,21 @@
 
     <!-- end monotone targets -->
 
+    <!-- git targets -->
+
+    <target name="checkForGit" >
+        <available property="git.available" file=".git" type="dir" />
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="getGitRev" depends="checkForGit" if="git.available" >
+        <exec executable="git" outputproperty="workspace.version" errorproperty="git.error1" failifexecutionfails="false" >
+            <arg value="rev-parse" />
+            <arg value="HEAD" />
+        </exec>
+    </target>
+
+    <!-- end git targets -->
+
     <!-- launch4j targets -->
 
     <condition property="noExe">
@@ -2524,13 +2539,13 @@
         </copy>
     </target>
 
-    <target name="getExtendedVersion" depends="buildProperties, trimMtnRev">
-        <property name="MtnShortHash" value="unknown" />
-        <condition property="Extended.Version" value="${full.version}-${MtnShortHash}">
+    <target name="getExtendedVersion" depends="buildProperties, trimRev">
+        <property name="shortHash" value="unknown" />
+        <condition property="Extended.Version" value="${full.version}-${shortHash}">
             <not>
                 <or>
-                    <equals arg1="${MtnShortHash}" arg2="" />
-                    <equals arg1="${MtnShortHash}" arg2="unknown" />
+                    <equals arg1="${shortHash}" arg2="" />
+                    <equals arg1="${shortHash}" arg2="unknown" />
                 </or>
             </not>
         </condition>