diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index edf389ba0..4ee249e38 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,15 +4,29 @@ define(ver_minor, 11)
 define(ver_micro, 1)
 define(neutrino_rel_cycle, ver_major.ver_minor)
 
+# sync with current git
+define(ver_git, m4_esyscmd([
+	GITBRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD);
+	GITDESCRIBE=$(git describe --always --tags --dirty);
+	printf "$GITDESCRIBE $GITBRANCH"
+]))
+
+define(ver_date, m4_esyscmd([
+	BUILTDATE=$(date);
+	printf "$BUILTDATE"
+]))
+
 AC_INIT(Tuxbox-Neutrino,ver_major.ver_minor.ver_micro)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([nostdinc foreign])
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES])
 
-AC_DEFINE(RELEASE_CYCLE, "2.5", [Release cycle information; used in update code; only relevant for flash image releases ])
+AC_DEFINE(RELEASE_CYCLE, "3.0", [Release cycle information; used in update code; only relevant for flash image releases ])
 
 AC_DEFINE(PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR, ver_major, [Major version number])
 AC_DEFINE(PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR, ver_minor, [Minor version number])
 AC_DEFINE(PACKAGE_VERSION_MICRO, ver_micro, [Micro version number])
+AC_DEFINE(PACKAGE_VERSION_GIT, "ver_git", [internal vcs version info])
+AC_DEFINE(PACKAGE_VERSION_DATE, "ver_date", [internal built date])
 AC_DEFINE(PACKAGE_VERSION_NEUTRINO_REL_CYCLE, neutrino_rel_cycle, [Neutrino release cycle])
 
 TUXBOX_APPS