diff --git a/script/compile b/script/compile
index fc9b2faa..bf50884e 100755
--- a/script/compile
+++ b/script/compile
@@ -116,3 +116,5 @@ then
 fi
 
 "$GRAALVM_HOME/bin/native-image" "${args[@]}" "$@"
+
+$BABASHKA_BINARY describe
diff --git a/script/compile.bat b/script/compile.bat
index 1304c888..a78af136 100644
--- a/script/compile.bat
+++ b/script/compile.bat
@@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ call %GRAALVM_HOME%\bin\native-image.cmd ^
 if %errorlevel% neq 0 exit /b %errorlevel%
 
 call bb "(+ 1 2 3)"
+call bb describe
diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index 9fade048..a2f735bb 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 
 (def version common/version)
 
-(def build-commit-sha (System/getenv "BABASHKA_SHA"))
+(def build-commit-sha (or (System/getenv "BABASHKA_SHA") ""))
 
 (defn parse-version [version]
   (mapv #(Integer/parseInt %)
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ Use bb run --help to show this help output.
    (format
     (str/trim "
 {:babashka/version   \"%s\"%s
+ :git/sha            \"%s\"
  :feature/csv        %s
  :feature/java-nio   %s
  :feature/java-time  %s
@@ -283,9 +284,7 @@ Use bb run --help to show this help output.
  :feature/logging %s
  :feature/priority-map %s}")
     version
-    (if (or (nil? build-commit-sha) (str/blank? build-commit-sha))
-      ""
-      (format " \n:git/sha \"%s\"" build-commit-sha))
+    build-commit-sha
     features/csv?
     features/java-nio?
     features/java-time?