diff --git a/src/gitolite.pm b/src/gitolite.pm
index 26b049b..5d6d8bb 100644
--- a/src/gitolite.pm
+++ b/src/gitolite.pm
@@ -512,8 +512,11 @@ sub setup_gitweb_access
 
 sub report_version {
     my($user) = @_;
-    print "hello $user, the gitolite version here is ";
-    print slurp( ($GL_PACKAGE_CONF || "$GL_ADMINDIR/conf") . "/VERSION" );
+    my $gl_version = slurp( ($GL_PACKAGE_CONF || "$GL_ADMINDIR/conf") . "/VERSION" );
+    chomp($gl_version);
+    my $git_version = `git --version`;
+    $git_version =~ s/^git version //;
+    print "hello $user, this is gitolite $gl_version running on git $git_version";
 }
 
 sub perm_code {
diff --git a/t/t53-check-info-expand-output b/t/t53-check-info-expand-output
index b1f55f8..482803a 100644
--- a/t/t53-check-info-expand-output
+++ b/t/t53-check-info-expand-output
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ do
 
         name "u1 info"
         runlocal ssh u1 info
-        expect "hello u1, the gitolite version here is"
+        expect "hello u1, this is gitolite v"
         expect " @R_ @W_.testing"
         [ "$wr" = "1" ] && [ "$bc" = "0" ] && expect    " C  R   W .foo/u1/\\.\\+"
         [ "$wr" = "1" ] && [ "$bc" = "1" ] && notexpect " C  R   W .foo/u1/\\.\\+"
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ do
         name "u1 expand"
         runlocal ssh u1 expand
         [ "$wr" = "0" ] && expect "wildrepos disabled, sorry"
-        [ "$wr" = "1" ] && expect "hello u1, the gitolite version here is"
+        [ "$wr" = "1" ] && expect "hello u1, this is gitolite v"
         [ "$wr" = "1" ] && expect " R   W .(u1).foo/u1/bar"
         [ "$wr" = "1" ] && expect "@R_ @W_..gitolite..testing"
 
         name "gitolite info u1"
         runlocal ssh gitolite info . u1
-        expect "hello u1, the gitolite version here is"
+        expect "hello u1, this is gitolite v"
         expect " @R_ @W_.testing"
         [ "$wr" = "1" ] && [ "$bc" = "0" ] && expect    " C  R   W .foo/u1/\\.\\+"
         [ "$wr" = "1" ] && [ "$bc" = "1" ] && notexpect " C  R   W .foo/u1/\\.\\+"