diff --git a/org.jacoco.core.test/src/org/jacoco/core/JaCoCoTest.java b/org.jacoco.core.test/src/org/jacoco/core/JaCoCoTest.java
index 824788a79b..5aa1cd1d26 100644
--- a/org.jacoco.core.test/src/org/jacoco/core/JaCoCoTest.java
+++ b/org.jacoco.core.test/src/org/jacoco/core/JaCoCoTest.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.jacoco.core;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -26,6 +27,16 @@ public void testVERSION() {
 		assertNotNull(JaCoCo.VERSION);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testCOMMITID() {
+		assertNotNull(JaCoCo.COMMITID);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testCOMMITID_SHORT() {
+		assertEquals(7, JaCoCo.COMMITID_SHORT.length());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testHOMEURL() {
 		assertNotNull(JaCoCo.HOMEURL);
diff --git a/org.jacoco.core/src/org/jacoco/core/JaCoCo.java b/org.jacoco.core/src/org/jacoco/core/JaCoCo.java
index 9116bb91ec..42bccf1c3c 100644
--- a/org.jacoco.core/src/org/jacoco/core/JaCoCo.java
+++ b/org.jacoco.core/src/org/jacoco/core/JaCoCo.java
@@ -19,9 +19,17 @@
  */
 public final class JaCoCo {
 
-	/** Qualified build version of the JaCoCo core library. */
+	/** Version of JaCoCo core. */
 	public static final String VERSION;
 
+	/** Commit ID of the source tree of JaCoCo core. */
+	public static final String COMMITID;
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortened (7 digit) commit ID of the source tree of JaCoCo core.
+	 */
+	public static final String COMMITID_SHORT;
+
 	/** Absolute URL of the current JaCoCo home page */
 	public static final String HOMEURL;
 
@@ -32,6 +40,8 @@ public final class JaCoCo {
 		final ResourceBundle bundle = ResourceBundle
 				.getBundle("org.jacoco.core.jacoco");
 		VERSION = bundle.getString("VERSION");
+		COMMITID = bundle.getString("COMMITID");
+		COMMITID_SHORT = COMMITID.substring(0, 7);
 		HOMEURL = bundle.getString("HOMEURL");
 		RUNTIMEPACKAGE = bundle.getString("RUNTIMEPACKAGE");
 	}
diff --git a/org.jacoco.core/src/org/jacoco/core/jacoco.properties b/org.jacoco.core/src/org/jacoco/core/jacoco.properties
index 03430a84dd..035ed90d56 100644
--- a/org.jacoco.core/src/org/jacoco/core/jacoco.properties
+++ b/org.jacoco.core/src/org/jacoco/core/jacoco.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 VERSION=${qualified.bundle.version}
+COMMITID=${buildNumber}
 HOMEURL=${jacoco.home.url}
 RUNTIMEPACKAGE=${jacoco.runtime.package.name}