diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ada25e15..3caea8629 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -216,6 +216,19 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <includes>
+                    <include>banner.txt</include>
+                </includes>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>false</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -277,6 +290,25 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>pl.project13.maven</groupId>
+                <artifactId>git-commit-id-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>revision</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <verbose>false</verbose>
+                    <dateFormat>yyyy-MM-dd-HH:mm:ss</dateFormat>
+                    <dotGitDirectory>${project.basedir}/.git</dotGitDirectory>
+                    <generateGitPropertiesFile>false</generateGitPropertiesFile>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/banner.txt b/src/main/resources/banner.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..244a2e7ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/banner.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+      :::    :::           :::        ::::    :::       ::::::::           :::        :::::::::
+     :+:    :+:         :+: :+:      :+:+:   :+:      :+:    :+:        :+: :+:      :+:    :+:
+    +:+    +:+        +:+   +:+     :+:+:+  +:+      +:+              +:+   +:+     +:+    +:+
+   +#++:++#++       +#++:++#++:    +#+ +:+ +#+      :#:             +#++:++#++:    +#++:++#:
+  +#+    +#+       +#+     +#+    +#+  +#+#+#      +#+   +#+#      +#+     +#+    +#+    +#+
+ #+#    #+#       #+#     #+#    #+#   #+#+#      #+#    #+#      #+#     #+#    #+#    #+#
+###    ###       ###     ###    ###    ####       ########       ###     ###    ###    ###
+
+Hangar version @project.version@, running commit @git.commit.id.abbrev@, committed on @git.commit.time@
+@git.commit.user.name@ <@git.commit.user.email@>: @git.commit.message.short@