diff --git a/openbsc/src/bsc_init.c b/openbsc/src/bsc_init.c
index f343662..6786720 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/bsc_init.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/bsc_init.c
@@ -33,11 +33,25 @@
 #include <openbsc/signal.h>
 #include <osmocore/talloc.h>
 
+#include "../bscconfig.h"
+
+
 /* global pointer to the gsm network data structure */
 extern struct gsm_network *bsc_gsmnet;
 
 static void patch_nm_tables(struct gsm_bts *bts);
 
+
+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";
+
+
 /* The following definitions are for OM and NM packets that we cannot yet
  * generate by code but we just pass on */