diff --git a/openbsc/.gitignore b/openbsc/.gitignore
index 267c906..f968114 100644
--- a/openbsc/.gitignore
+++ b/openbsc/.gitignore
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 missing
 stamp-h1
 
+# git-version-gen magic
+.tarball-version
+.version
 
 
 # apps and app data
diff --git a/openbsc/Makefile.am b/openbsc/Makefile.am
index 7acae75..4ce11ce 100644
--- a/openbsc/Makefile.am
+++ b/openbsc/Makefile.am
@@ -6,5 +6,8 @@
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = openbsc.pc libsccp.pc
 
-#dist-hook:
-#	rm -rf `find $(distdir) -name .svn`
+BUILT_SOURCES = $(top_srcdir)/.version
+$(top_srcdir)/.version:
+	echo $(VERSION) > $@-t && mv $@-t $@
+dist-hook:
+	echo $(VERSION) > $(distdir)/.tarball-version
diff --git a/openbsc/configure.in b/openbsc/configure.in
index 71ed10b..9e3c486 100644
--- a/openbsc/configure.in
+++ b/openbsc/configure.in
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script
-AC_INIT
+AC_INIT([openbsc],
+	m4_esyscmd([./git-version-gen .tarball-version]),
+	[openbsc-devel@lists.openbsc.org])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(openbsc, 0.0alpha1)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-bzip2])
 
 dnl kernel style compile messages
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
diff --git a/openbsc/git-version-gen b/openbsc/git-version-gen
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f2ad4a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbsc/git-version-gen
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Print a version string.
+scriptversion=2010-01-28.01
+
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# This script is derived from GIT-VERSION-GEN from GIT: http://git.or.cz/.
+# It may be run two ways:
+# - from a git repository in which the "git describe" command below
+#   produces useful output (thus requiring at least one signed tag)
+# - from a non-git-repo directory containing a .tarball-version file, which
+#   presumes this script is invoked like "./git-version-gen .tarball-version".
+
+# In order to use intra-version strings in your project, you will need two
+# separate generated version string files:
+#
+# .tarball-version - present only in a distribution tarball, and not in
+#   a checked-out repository.  Created with contents that were learned at
+#   the last time autoconf was run, and used by git-version-gen.  Must not
+#   be present in either $(srcdir) or $(builddir) for git-version-gen to
+#   give accurate answers during normal development with a checked out tree,
+#   but must be present in a tarball when there is no version control system.
+#   Therefore, it cannot be used in any dependencies.  GNUmakefile has
+#   hooks to force a reconfigure at distribution time to get the value
+#   correct, without penalizing normal development with extra reconfigures.
+#
+# .version - present in a checked-out repository and in a distribution
+#   tarball.  Usable in dependencies, particularly for files that don't
+#   want to depend on config.h but do want to track version changes.
+#   Delete this file prior to any autoconf run where you want to rebuild
+#   files to pick up a version string change; and leave it stale to
+#   minimize rebuild time after unrelated changes to configure sources.
+#
+# It is probably wise to add these two files to .gitignore, so that you
+# don't accidentally commit either generated file.
+#
+# Use the following line in your configure.ac, so that $(VERSION) will
+# automatically be up-to-date each time configure is run (and note that
+# since configure.ac no longer includes a version string, Makefile rules
+# should not depend on configure.ac for version updates).
+#
+# AC_INIT([GNU project],
+#         m4_esyscmd([build-aux/git-version-gen .tarball-version]),
+#         [bug-project@example])
+#
+# Then use the following lines in your Makefile.am, so that .version
+# will be present for dependencies, and so that .tarball-version will
+# exist in distribution tarballs.
+#
+# BUILT_SOURCES = $(top_srcdir)/.version
+# $(top_srcdir)/.version:
+#	echo $(VERSION) > $@-t && mv $@-t $@
+# dist-hook:
+#	echo $(VERSION) > $(distdir)/.tarball-version
+
+case $# in
+    1) ;;
+    *) echo 1>&2 "Usage: $0 \$srcdir/.tarball-version"; exit 1;;
+esac
+
+tarball_version_file=$1
+nl='
+'
+
+# First see if there is a tarball-only version file.
+# then try "git describe", then default.
+if test -f $tarball_version_file
+then
+    v=`cat $tarball_version_file` || exit 1
+    case $v in
+	*$nl*) v= ;; # reject multi-line output
+	[0-9]*) ;;
+	*) v= ;;
+    esac
+    test -z "$v" \
+	&& echo "$0: WARNING: $tarball_version_file seems to be damaged" 1>&2
+fi
+
+if test -n "$v"
+then
+    : # use $v
+elif test -d ./../.git \
+    && v=`git describe --abbrev=4 --match='v*' HEAD 2>/dev/null \
+	  || git describe --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null` \
+    && case $v in
+	 [0-9]*) ;;
+	 v[0-9]*) ;;
+	 *) (exit 1) ;;
+       esac
+then
+    # Is this a new git that lists number of commits since the last
+    # tag or the previous older version that did not?
+    #   Newer: v6.10-77-g0f8faeb
+    #   Older: v6.10-g0f8faeb
+    case $v in
+	*-*-*) : git describe is okay three part flavor ;;
+	*-*)
+	    : git describe is older two part flavor
+	    # Recreate the number of commits and rewrite such that the
+	    # result is the same as if we were using the newer version
+	    # of git describe.
+	    vtag=`echo "$v" | sed 's/-.*//'`
+	    numcommits=`git rev-list "$vtag"..HEAD | wc -l`
+	    v=`echo "$v" | sed "s/\(.*\)-\(.*\)/\1-$numcommits-\2/"`;
+	    ;;
+    esac
+
+    # Change the first '-' to a '.', so version-comparing tools work properly.
+    # Remove the "g" in git describe's output string, to save a byte.
+    v=`echo "$v" | sed 's/-/./;s/\(.*\)-g/\1-/'`;
+else
+    v=UNKNOWN
+fi
+
+v=`echo "$v" |sed 's/^v//'`
+
+# Don't declare a version "dirty" merely because a time stamp has changed.
+git status > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+dirty=`sh -c 'git diff-index --name-only HEAD' 2>/dev/null` || dirty=
+case "$dirty" in
+    '') ;;
+    *) # Append the suffix only if there isn't one already.
+	case $v in
+	  *-dirty) ;;
+	  *) v="$v-dirty" ;;
+	esac ;;
+esac
+
+# Omit the trailing newline, so that m4_esyscmd can use the result directly.
+echo "$v" | tr -d '\012'
+
+# Local variables:
+# eval: (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)
+# time-stamp-start: "scriptversion="
+# time-stamp-format: "%:y-%02m-%02d.%02H"
+# time-stamp-end: "$"
+# End:
diff --git a/openbsc/src/bsc_hack.c b/openbsc/src/bsc_hack.c
index 49c9d36..2405cee 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/bsc_hack.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/bsc_hack.c
@@ -37,12 +37,21 @@
 #include <osmocore/talloc.h>
 #include <openbsc/signal.h>
 
+#include "../bscconfig.h"
+
 /* MCC and MNC for the Location Area Identifier */
 static struct debug_target *stderr_target;
 struct gsm_network *bsc_gsmnet = 0;
 static const char *database_name = "hlr.sqlite3";
 static const char *config_file = "openbsc.cfg";
-
+const char *openbsc_version = "OpenBSC " PACKAGE_VERSION;
+const char *openbsc_copyright =
+	"Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Harald Welte, Holger Freyther\n"
+	"Contributions by Daniel Willmann, Jan Lübbe,Stefan Schmidt\n"
+	"Dieter Spaar, Andreas Eversberg\n\n"
+	"License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>\n"
+	"This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.\n"
+	"There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.\n";
 
 /* timer to store statistics */
 #define DB_SYNC_INTERVAL	60, 0
@@ -83,6 +92,16 @@
 	printf("  -P --rtp-proxy Enable the RTP Proxy code inside OpenBSC\n");
 }
 
+static void print_version()
+{
+	printf("%s\n", openbsc_version);
+}
+
+static void print_copyright()
+{
+	printf(openbsc_copyright);
+}
+
 static void handle_options(int argc, char** argv)
 {
 	while (1) {
@@ -96,11 +115,12 @@
 			{"authorize-everyone", 0, 0, 'a'},
 			{"pcap", 1, 0, 'p'},
 			{"timestamp", 0, 0, 'T'},
+			{"version", 0, 0, 'V' },
 			{"rtp-proxy", 0, 0, 'P'},
 			{0, 0, 0, 0}
 		};
 
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hd:sl:ar:p:TPc:",
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hd:sl:ar:p:TPVc:",
 				long_options, &option_index);
 		if (c == -1)
 			break;
@@ -131,6 +151,12 @@
 		case 'P':
 			ipacc_rtp_direct = 0;
 			break;
+		case 'V':
+			print_version();
+			printf("\n");
+			print_copyright();
+			exit(0);
+			break;
 		default:
 			/* ignore */
 			break;
diff --git a/openbsc/src/mgcp/mgcp_main.c b/openbsc/src/mgcp/mgcp_main.c
index cea0ba4..e45a1e9 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/mgcp/mgcp_main.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/mgcp/mgcp_main.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 #include <openbsc/mgcp.h>
 #include <openbsc/telnet_interface.h>
 
+#include "../../bscconfig.h"
+
 /* this is here for the vty... it will never be called */
 void subscr_put() { abort(); }
 
@@ -51,6 +53,14 @@
 static struct bsc_fd bfd;
 static int first_request = 1;
 static struct mgcp_config *cfg;
+const char *openbsc_version = "OpenBSC MGCP " PACKAGE_VERSION;
+const char *openbsc_copyright = 
+	"Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Holger Freyther and On-Waves\n"
+	"Contributions by Daniel Willmann, Jan Lübbe,Stefan Schmidt\n"
+	"Dieter Spaar, Andreas Eversberg, Harald Welte\n\n"
+	"License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>\n"
+	"This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.\n"
+	"There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.\n";
 
 static char *config_file = "mgcp.cfg";
 
@@ -64,6 +74,12 @@
 	printf(" -c --config-file filename The config file to use.\n");
 }
 
+static void print_version()
+{
+	printf("%s\n\n", openbsc_version);
+	printf(openbsc_copyright);
+}
+
 static void handle_options(int argc, char** argv)
 {
 	while (1) {
@@ -71,10 +87,11 @@
 		static struct option long_options[] = {
 			{"help", 0, 0, 'h'},
 			{"config-file", 1, 0, 'c'},
+			{"version", 0, 0, 'V'},
 			{0, 0, 0, 0},
 		};
 
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hc:", long_options, &option_index);
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hc:V", long_options, &option_index);
 
 		if (c == -1)
 			break;
@@ -87,6 +104,10 @@
 		case 'c':
 			config_file = talloc_strdup(tall_bsc_ctx, optarg);
 			break;
+		case 'V':
+			print_version();
+			exit(0);
+			break;
 		default:
 			/* ignore */
 			break;
diff --git a/openbsc/src/telnet_interface.c b/openbsc/src/telnet_interface.c
index 805dd12..aa119b4 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/telnet_interface.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/telnet_interface.c
@@ -98,21 +98,16 @@
 	bsc_register_fd(&server_socket);
 }
 
+extern const char *openbsc_copyright;
+extern const char *openbsc_version;
+
 static void print_welcome(int fd) {
 	int ret;
 	static char *msg =
-		"Welcome to the OpenBSC Control interface\n"
-		"Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Harald Welte\n"
-		"Contributions by Daniel Willmann, Jan Lübbe, "
-		"Stefan Schmidt, Holger Freyther, Andreas Eversberg\n\n"
-		"License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later "
-		"<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>\n"
-		"This is free software: you are free to change "
-		"and redistribute it.\n"
-		"There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted "
-		"by law.\nType \"help\" to get a short introduction.\n";
+		"Welcome to the OpenBSC Control interface\n";
 
 	ret = write(fd, msg, strlen(msg));
+	ret = write(fd, openbsc_copyright, strlen(openbsc_copyright));
 }
 
 int telnet_close_client(struct bsc_fd *fd) {
diff --git a/openbsc/src/vty/cardshell.h b/openbsc/src/vty/cardshell.h
index d963a38..85164d2 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/vty/cardshell.h
+++ b/openbsc/src/vty/cardshell.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-#define QUAGGA_PROGNAME	"OpenBSC"
-#define QUAGGA_VERSION	"0.01"
+#include "../../bscconfig.h"
+#define QUAGGA_PROGNAME	PACKAGE_NAME
+#define QUAGGA_VERSION	PACKAGE_VERSION
 #define QUAGGA_COPYRIGHT "Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>"
 #define CONFIGFILE_MASK 022
 #define SYSCONFDIR "/usr/local/etc"