diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a452371f..49b99919 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 SICServer
 made_config.h
+PATCH.TXT
 *.aux
 *.pdf
 *.sw[op]
diff --git a/site_ansto/extract_version.sh b/site_ansto/extract_version.sh
index 0f6b1d3a..70ecd81e 100755
--- a/site_ansto/extract_version.sh
+++ b/site_ansto/extract_version.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ else
     if [[ ${SICS_PLUS} > 0 ]]
     then
       SICS_REV="${SICS_REV}+${SICS_PLUS}"
+      git diff > PATCH.TXT
+    else
+      rm PATCH.TXT
     fi
     unset SICS_PLUS
   else
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/deploySICS.sh b/site_ansto/instrument/deploySICS.sh
index 1d26b95d..e2fffe72 100755
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/deploySICS.sh
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/deploySICS.sh
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ echo "Date: $(date -Iminutes)" > $TEMPDIR/$DESTDIR/${NEWSERVER}/DEPLOYMENT.TXT
 echo "User: $USER" >> $TEMPDIR/$DESTDIR/${NEWSERVER}/DEPLOYMENT.TXT
 DEPLOYED_VERSION="$(bash ../extract_version.sh all)"
 echo "Version:" $DEPLOYED_VERSION >> $TEMPDIR/$DESTDIR/${NEWSERVER}/DEPLOYMENT.TXT
+if [ -e PATCH.TXT ]
+then
+cat PATCH.TXT > $TEMPDIR/$DESTDIR/${NEWSERVER}/PATCH.TXT
+fi
 cat $SRCDIR/MANIFEST.TXT $SRCDIR/$INSTSRC/MANIFEST.TXT > $TEMPDIR/$DESTDIR/${NEWSERVER}/MANIFEST.TXT
 
 cd $TEMPDIR