diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 34cd48c4..4cd662f1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ execute_process(
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COMMIT_HASH
     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+execute_process(
+    COMMAND bash -c "git show ${GIT_COMMIT_HASH} | head -n 5 | tail -n 1"
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 #
 #
 
@@ -54,6 +60,7 @@ ENDIF(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Debug OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES DEBUG)
 
 target_compile_definitions(Hyprland PRIVATE "-DGIT_COMMIT_HASH=\"${GIT_COMMIT_HASH}\"")
 target_compile_definitions(Hyprland PRIVATE "-DGIT_BRANCH=\"${GIT_BRANCH}\"")
+target_compile_definitions(Hyprland PRIVATE "-DGIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE=\"${GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE}\"")
 
 target_link_libraries(Hyprland rt)
 
diff --git a/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp b/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp
index cb48b4d7..6986b601 100644
--- a/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp
+++ b/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ std::string layersRequest() {
 }
 
 std::string versionRequest() {
-    std::string result = "Hyprland, built from branch " + std::string(GIT_BRANCH) + " at commit " + GIT_COMMIT_HASH + ", flags: (if any)\n";
+    std::string result = "Hyprland, built from branch " + std::string(GIT_BRANCH) + " at commit " + GIT_COMMIT_HASH + " (" + GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE + ").\nflags: (if any)\n";
 
 #ifdef LEGACY_RENDERER
     result += "legacyrenderer\n";
diff --git a/src/defines.hpp b/src/defines.hpp
index a54d7336..13701a03 100644
--- a/src/defines.hpp
+++ b/src/defines.hpp
@@ -57,4 +57,7 @@
 #endif
 #ifndef GIT_BRANCH
 #define GIT_BRANCH "?"
+#endif
+#ifndef GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE
+#define GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE "?"
 #endif
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