diff --git a/cmake/scripts/FindVersion.cmake b/cmake/scripts/FindVersion.cmake
index 09fc3ed29a..bd853cec51 100644
--- a/cmake/scripts/FindVersion.cmake
+++ b/cmake/scripts/FindVersion.cmake
@@ -104,6 +104,16 @@ if(GIT_FOUND AND EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
         set(REV_ISSTABLETAG 0)
     endif()
 
+    if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.ottdrev-vc")
+        file(READ "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.ottdrev-vc" OTTDREVVC)
+        string(REPLACE "\n" ";" OTTDREVVC "${OTTDREVVC}")
+        list(GET OTTDREVVC 0 OTTDREV)
+        string(REPLACE "\t" ";" OTTDREV "${OTTDREV}")
+        list(GET OTTDREV 0 REV_RELEASE)
+    else()
+        set(REV_RELEASE "jgrpp-0.0")
+    endif()
+
     # Restore LC_ALL
     set(ENV{LC_ALL} "${SAVED_LC_ALL}")
 elseif(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.ottdrev-vc")
@@ -113,6 +123,7 @@ elseif(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.ottdrev-vc")
     list(GET OTTDREVVC 1 SRCHASH)
     string(REPLACE "\t" ";" OTTDREV "${OTTDREV}")
     list(GET OTTDREV 0 REV_VERSION)
+    list(GET OTTDREV 0 REV_RELEASE)
     list(GET OTTDREV 1 REV_ISODATE)
     list(GET OTTDREV 2 REV_MODIFIED)
     list(GET OTTDREV 3 REV_HASH)
@@ -152,9 +163,11 @@ elseif(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.ottdrev")
     list(GET OTTDREV 4 REV_ISTAG)
     list(GET OTTDREV 5 REV_ISSTABLETAG)
     list(GET OTTDREV 6 REV_YEAR)
+    set(REV_RELEASE "jgrpp-0.0")
 else()
     message(WARNING "No version detected; this build will NOT be network compatible")
     set(REV_VERSION "norev0000")
+    set(REV_RELEASE "jgrpp-0.0")
     set(REV_ISODATE "19700101")
     set(REV_MODIFIED 1)
     set(REV_HASH "unknown")
@@ -163,7 +176,10 @@ else()
     set(REV_YEAR "1970")
 endif()
 
-message(STATUS "Version string: ${REV_VERSION}")
+string(REGEX MATCH "^jgrpp-[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(\.[0-9]+)?" REV_RELEASE "${REV_RELEASE}")
+string(REPLACE "jgrpp-" "" REV_RELEASE "${REV_RELEASE}")
+
+message(STATUS "Version string: ${REV_VERSION}, Release: ${REV_RELEASE}")
 
 if(GENERATE_OTTDREV)
     message(STATUS "Generating ${GENERATE_OTTDREV}")
diff --git a/src/crashlog.cpp b/src/crashlog.cpp
index 14470fb409..16ae1245e5 100644
--- a/src/crashlog.cpp
+++ b/src/crashlog.cpp
@@ -140,15 +140,17 @@ char *CrashLog::LogOpenTTDVersion(char *buffer, const char *last) const
 {
 	return buffer + seprintf(buffer, last,
 			"OpenTTD version:\n"
-			" Version:    %s (%d)\n"
-			" NewGRF ver: %08x\n"
-			" Bits:       %d\n"
-			" Endian:     %s\n"
-			" Dedicated:  %s\n"
-			" Build date: %s\n"
-			" Defines:    %s\n\n",
+			" Version:     %s (%d)\n"
+			" Release ver: %s\n"
+			" NewGRF ver:  %08x\n"
+			" Bits:        %d\n"
+			" Endian:      %s\n"
+			" Dedicated:   %s\n"
+			" Build date:  %s\n"
+			" Defines:     %s\n\n",
 			_openttd_revision,
 			_openttd_revision_modified,
+			_openttd_release_version,
 			_openttd_newgrf_version,
 #ifdef _SQ64
 			64,
diff --git a/src/rev.cpp.in b/src/rev.cpp.in
index bc0dc264e9..0049c21f8f 100644
--- a/src/rev.cpp.in
+++ b/src/rev.cpp.in
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ bool IsReleasedVersion()
  */
 const char _openttd_revision[] = "${REV_VERSION}";
 
+const char _openttd_release_version[] = "${REV_RELEASE}";
+
 /**
  * The text version of OpenTTD's build date.
  * Updating the build date in this file is the safest as it generally gets
diff --git a/src/rev.h b/src/rev.h
index 26af163527..dd2674f025 100644
--- a/src/rev.h
+++ b/src/rev.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #define REV_H
 
 extern const char _openttd_revision[];
+extern const char _openttd_release_version[];
 extern const char _openttd_build_date[];
 extern const char _openttd_revision_hash[];
 extern const char _openttd_revision_year[];