diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/pom.xml b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/pom.xml
index c9f1f4620f1..557dab999f5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/pom.xml
@@ -80,6 +80,44 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.1.1</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>exec</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <executable>git</executable>
+                    <arguments>
+                        <argument>log</argument>
+                        <argument>--pretty=format:Spring-Boot-Commit-Id: %H</argument>
+                        <argument>-n1</argument>
+                    </arguments>
+                    <outputFile>${project.build.directory}/build-number.mf</outputFile>
+                    <successCodes>
+                        <!-- Skip failures due to missing Git or the project not being a Git repo
+                             (needed for add-ons which ultimately extend this POM but don't use Git) -->
+                        <successCode>0</successCode>
+                        <successCode>1</successCode>
+                        <successCode>127</successCode>
+                        <successCode>128</successCode>
+                    </successCodes>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+          			<archive>
+            			<manifestFile>${project.build.directory}/build-number.mf</manifestFile>
+          			</archive>
+        		</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/tools/Repackager.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/tools/Repackager.java
index 87742d4d07e..0837e520f32 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/tools/Repackager.java
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/tools/Repackager.java
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ package org.springframework.boot.loader.tools;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.jar.JarFile;
 import java.util.jar.Manifest;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 
 /**
  * Utility class that can be used to repackage an archive so that it can be executed using
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ public class Repackager {
 	private static final String START_CLASS_ATTRIBUTE = "Start-Class";
 
 	private static final String BOOT_VERSION_ATTRIBUTE = "Spring-Boot-Version";
+	
+	private static final String GIT_COMMIT_ATTRIBUTE = "Spring-Boot-Commit-Id";
 
 	private String mainClass;
 
@@ -181,6 +185,28 @@ public class Repackager {
 
 		String bootVersion = getClass().getPackage().getImplementationVersion();
 		manifest.getMainAttributes().putValue(BOOT_VERSION_ATTRIBUTE, bootVersion);
+		
+		String gitCommitHash = null;
+		JarFile jarFile = null;
+		try {
+			URL classContainer = getClass().getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation();
+			if (classContainer.toString().endsWith(".jar")) {
+				jarFile = new JarFile(new File(classContainer.toURI()), false);
+				ZipEntry manifestEntry = jarFile.getEntry("META-INF/MANIFEST.MF");
+				gitCommitHash = new Manifest(jarFile.getInputStream(manifestEntry)).
+						getMainAttributes().getValue(GIT_COMMIT_ATTRIBUTE);
+			}
+		} catch (Exception ignoreAndMoveOn) { }
+		finally {
+			if (jarFile != null) {
+				try { jarFile.close(); }
+				catch (IOException ignored) {}
+			}
+		}
+		
+		if (gitCommitHash != null && gitCommitHash.length() > 0) {
+			manifest.getMainAttributes().putValue(GIT_COMMIT_ATTRIBUTE, gitCommitHash);
+		}
 
 		return manifest;
 	}