diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index d73fcb8..9f47f2c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -160,3 +160,6 @@ thp_player/thpwindow.ui -text
 thp_player/vol_high.png -text
 thp_player/vol_low.png -text
 thp_player/vol_med.png -text
+tools/SubWCRev.exe -text
+tools/makesvnrev.sh -text
+tools/svnrev_template.h -text
diff --git a/WiiQt/tools.cpp b/WiiQt/tools.cpp
index d3e3565..ba5de54 100644
--- a/WiiQt/tools.cpp
+++ b/WiiQt/tools.cpp
@@ -249,6 +249,21 @@ quint8 AttrFromSave( const SaveGame &save, const QString &name )
     return 0;
 }
 
+QString CleanSvnStr( const QString &orig )
+{
+    QString ret = orig;
+
+    if( ret.isEmpty() )
+        return ret;
+
+    QRegExp notNum( "[^0-9]" );
+    QStringList parts = ret.split( notNum, QString::SkipEmptyParts );
+    if( parts.size() )
+        return parts.at( parts.size() - 1 );
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
 #define CERTS_DAT_SIZE 2560
 const quint8 certs_dat[ CERTS_DAT_SIZE ] = {
     0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x7D, 0x9D, 0x5E, 0xBA, 0x52, 0x81, 0xDC, 0xA7, 0x06, 0x5D, 0x2F, 0x08,
diff --git a/WiiQt/tools.h b/WiiQt/tools.h
index 5ebc842..135bd6a 100644
--- a/WiiQt/tools.h
+++ b/WiiQt/tools.h
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ QByteArray ReadFile( const QString &path );
 //save a file to disc
 bool WriteFile( const QString &path, const QByteArray &ba );
 
+//cleanup an svn revision string
+QString CleanSvnStr( const QString &orig );
+
 #define CERTS_DAT_SIZE 2560
 extern const quint8 certs_dat[ CERTS_DAT_SIZE ];
 extern const quint8 root_dat[];
diff --git a/ohneschwanzenegger/mainwindow.cpp b/ohneschwanzenegger/mainwindow.cpp
index c97425b..9fb4757 100644
--- a/ohneschwanzenegger/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/ohneschwanzenegger/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "mainwindow.h"
 #include "newnandbin.h"
+#include "svnrev.h"
 #include "ui_mainwindow.h"
 
 #include "../WiiQt/settingtxtdialog.h"
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow( QWidget *parent ) : QMainWindow( parent ), ui( new Ui::M
 
     LoadSettings();
     ui->lineEdit_nandPath->setText( "./testNand.bin" );
-
 }
 
 MainWindow::~MainWindow()
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionAbout_triggered()
                       "<br><br>IT SHOULD ONLY BE USED BY PEOPLE THAT KNOW HOW TO VERIFY THE FILES IT PRODUCES.  AND HAVE A WAY TO FIX A BRICKED WII SHOULD THIS PROGRAM HAVE BUGS"
                       "<br><br>YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED"
                       "<br>giantpune" );
-    QMessageBox::critical( this, tr( "About" ), txt );
+    QMessageBox::critical( this, tr( "svn r%1" ).arg( CleanSvnStr( SVN_REV_STR ) ), txt );
 }
 
 #if 0
diff --git a/ohneschwanzenegger/refleurii.pro b/ohneschwanzenegger/refleurii.pro
index 3819063..66222b5 100644
--- a/ohneschwanzenegger/refleurii.pro
+++ b/ohneschwanzenegger/refleurii.pro
@@ -39,3 +39,14 @@ FORMS += mainwindow.ui \
     ../WiiQt/settingtxtdialog.ui \
     newnandbin.ui
 RESOURCES += rc.qrc
+
+
+# create new svnrev.h
+unix {
+    system( chmod 755 ../tools/makesvnrev.sh )
+    system( ../tools/makesvnrev.sh )
+}
+
+win32 {
+    system( ../tools/SubWCRev.exe "." "../tools/svnrev_template.h" "./svnrev.h" )
+}
diff --git a/tools/SubWCRev.exe b/tools/SubWCRev.exe
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32a252b
Binary files /dev/null and b/tools/SubWCRev.exe differ
diff --git a/tools/makesvnrev.sh b/tools/makesvnrev.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6c71bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/makesvnrev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+REV=`svnversion -n .`
+echo $REV
+cat > ./svnrev.h <<EOF
+#define SVN_REV $REV
+#define SVN_REV_STR "$REV"
+EOF
diff --git a/tools/svnrev_template.h b/tools/svnrev_template.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..950c3d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/svnrev_template.h
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#define SVN_REV $WCREV$
+#define SVN_REV_STR "$WCMODS?$WCREV$M:$WCREV$$"