diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ca42cfe142..99fc4973f4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-06-29  David Hampton  <hampton@employees.org>
+
+	* configure.in:
+	* src/gnome/gnc-splash.c (gnc_show_splash_screen): Add the current
+	version number (or cvs build time) to the splash screen.
+
 2002-06-27  Derek Atkins   <derek@ihtfp.com>
 
 	* Change the "Owner Report" to a "Customer Report" and "Vendor
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 244500b2e0..be1204a91a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -34,10 +34,12 @@ GNUCASH_MAJOR_VERSION=1
 GNUCASH_MINOR_VERSION=7
 GNUCASH_MICRO_VERSION=0
 GNUCASH_VERSION=$GNUCASH_MAJOR_VERSION.$GNUCASH_MINOR_VERSION.$GNUCASH_MICRO_VERSION
+GNUCASH_BUILD_DATE=`date --iso-8601=date`
 
 AC_SUBST(GNUCASH_MAJOR_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(GNUCASH_MINOR_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(GNUCASH_MICRO_VERSION)
+AC_SUBST(GNUCASH_BUILD_DATE)
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gnucash,$GNUCASH_VERSION)
 
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GNUCASH_MAJOR_VERSION, $GNUCASH_MAJOR_VERSION)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GNUCASH_MINOR_VERSION, $GNUCASH_MINOR_VERSION)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GNUCASH_MICRO_VERSION, $GNUCASH_MICRO_VERSION)
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GNUCASH_BUILD_DATE, "$GNUCASH_BUILD_DATE", When configure was last run)
 
 dnl Set of available languages.
 ALL_LINGUAS="da de en_GB es es_NI fr hu it ja no pt pt_BR ru sv"
diff --git a/src/gnome/gnc-splash.c b/src/gnome/gnc-splash.c
index 9b66eb5e3c..8b81be4fef 100644
--- a/src/gnome/gnc-splash.c
+++ b/src/gnome/gnc-splash.c
@@ -81,7 +81,12 @@ gnc_show_splash_screen (void)
   frame = gtk_frame_new (NULL);
   vbox = gtk_vbox_new (FALSE, 3);
   hbox = gtk_hbox_new (FALSE, 0);
-  sprintf(ver_string, "Version: Gnucash-%s", VERSION);
+  if (GNUCASH_MINOR_VERSION % 2) {
+    sprintf(ver_string, _("Version: Gnucash-cvs (built %s)"),
+	    GNUCASH_BUILD_DATE);
+  } else {
+    sprintf(ver_string, _("Version: Gnucash-%s"), VERSION);
+  }
   version = gtk_label_new (ver_string);
 
   gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (frame), pixmap);