diff --git a/slsReceiverSoftware/Makefile b/slsReceiverSoftware/Makefile
index d1567e58e..a8f652e61 100644
--- a/slsReceiverSoftware/Makefile
+++ b/slsReceiverSoftware/Makefile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ $(info )
 
 .PHONY: all intdoc  package eigerReceiver clean
 
-all: builddir lib receiver
+all: builddir updateVersion lib receiver
 
 dummy: $(DESTDIR)/dummyReceiver
 
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ testclean:
 		cd $(TESTDIR) && rm *.o rec send; \
 	fi
 
+updateVersion:
+	./updateGitVersion.sh
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/slsReceiverSoftware/updateGitVersion.sh b/slsReceiverSoftware/updateGitVersion.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..23a6e6424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slsReceiverSoftware/updateGitVersion.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+MAINDIR=slsDetectorsPackage
+SPECDIR=slsReceiverSoftware
+TMPFILE=gitInfoReceiverTmp.h
+INCLFILE=gitInfoReceiver.h
+WD=$PWD
+
+GITREPO1='git remote -v'
+GITREPO2=" | grep \"fetch\" | cut -d' ' -f1"
+BRANCH1='git branch -v'
+BRANCH2=" | grep '*' | cut -d' ' -f2"
+REPUID1='git log --pretty=format:"%H" -1'
+AUTH1_1='git log --pretty=format:"%cn" -1'
+AUTH1_2=" | cut -d' ' -f1"
+AUTH2_1='git log --pretty=format:"%cn" -1'
+AUTH2_2=" | cut -d' ' -f2"
+FOLDERREV1='git log --oneline . '   #used for all the individual server folders
+FOLDERREV2=" | wc -l"  #used for all the individual server folders
+REV1='git log --oneline  '
+REV2=" | wc -l"
+RDATE1='git log --pretty=format:"%ci" -1'
+
+GITREPO=`eval $GITREPO1  $GITREPO2`
+BRANCH=`eval $BRANCH1  $BRANCH2`
+REPUID=`eval $REPUID1`
+AUTH1=`eval $AUTH1_1  $AUTH1_2`
+AUTH2=`eval $AUTH2_1  $AUTH2_2`
+REV=`eval $REV1  $REV2`
+FOLDERREV=`eval $FOLDERREV1  $FOLDERREV2`
+RDATE=`eval $RDATE1`
+echo Path: ${MAINDIR}/${SPECDIR}  $'\n'URL: ${GITREPO}  $'\n'Repository Root: ${GITREPO}  $'\n'Repsitory UUID: ${REPUID}  $'\n'Revision: ${FOLDERREV}  $'\n'Branch: ${BRANCH}  $'\n'Last Changed Author: ${AUTH1}_${AUTH2}  $'\n'Last Changed Rev: ${REV}  $'\n'Last Changed Date: ${RDATE} > gitInfo.txt 
+cd $WD
+./genVersionHeader.sh $SPECDIR/gitInfo.txt $SPECDIR/$TMPFILE $SPECDIR/$INCLFILE 
+echo "Revision Updated"
+cd $WD
+