diff --git a/plugins/editor/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/editor/CMakeLists.txt
index bd0d71e1..72ed7533 100644
--- a/plugins/editor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/editor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ add_library(sfizz_editor STATIC EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
     src/editor/NativeHelpers.cpp
     src/editor/layout/main.hpp
     src/editor/utility/vstgui_after.h
-    src/editor/utility/vstgui_before.h)
+    src/editor/utility/vstgui_before.h
+    src/editor/GitBuildId.h
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/git-build-id/GitBuildId.c")
 add_library(sfizz::editor ALIAS sfizz_editor)
 target_include_directories(sfizz_editor PUBLIC "src")
 target_link_libraries(sfizz_editor PUBLIC sfizz::messaging sfizz::plugins-common)
@@ -106,3 +108,12 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
         > "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/editor/layout/main.hpp"
         DEPENDS layout-maker "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/layout/main.fl")
 endif()
+
+# git build identifier
+add_custom_target(sfizz_editor_git_build_id
+    COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
+            "-DSOURCE_DIR=${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+            "-DOUTPUT_FILE=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/git-build-id/GitBuildId.c"
+            "-P" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/GitBuildID.cmake"
+    BYPRODUCTS "git-build-id/GitBuildId.c")
+add_dependencies(sfizz_editor sfizz_editor_git_build_id)
diff --git a/plugins/editor/cmake/GitBuildID.cmake b/plugins/editor/cmake/GitBuildID.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5f71c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/editor/cmake/GitBuildID.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Generate the Git Build ID information into a C source file
+# This does not overwrite the file if the contents are up-to-date.
+#
+# Arguments:
+#   SOURCE_DIR   The root directory of the project, expected to be a Git repo
+#   OUTPUT_FILE  The file which gets written
+
+get_filename_component(OUTPUT_NAME "${OUTPUT_FILE}" NAME)
+get_filename_component(OUTPUT_DIR "${OUTPUT_FILE}" DIRECTORY)
+
+message("(Git Build ID) Generating ${OUTPUT_NAME}")
+
+find_package(Git QUIET)
+
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${OUTPUT_DIR}")
+
+if(GIT_FOUND)
+    execute_process(COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" "rev-parse" "--short" "HEAD"
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${SOURCE_DIR}"
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COMMIT_ID
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+else()
+    set(GIT_COMMIT_ID "")
+    message("(Git Build ID) Error: could not find Git")
+endif()
+
+file(WRITE "${OUTPUT_FILE}.temp" "const char* GitBuildId = \"${GIT_COMMIT_ID}\";\n")
+execute_process(COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" "-E" "copy_if_different" "${OUTPUT_FILE}.temp" "${OUTPUT_FILE}")
+file(REMOVE "${OUTPUT_FILE}.temp")
diff --git a/plugins/editor/src/editor/GitBuildId.h b/plugins/editor/src/editor/GitBuildId.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d2e3edf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/editor/src/editor/GitBuildId.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+
+// This code is part of the sfizz library and is licensed under a BSD 2-clause
+// license. You should have receive a LICENSE.md file along with the code.
+// If not, contact the sfizz maintainers at https://github.com/sfztools/sfizz
+
+#pragma once
+
+extern "C" {
+
+/**
+ * @brief Short identifier of the current head commit.
+ * This generated identifier is empty if the build is not from a Git repository.
+ */
+extern const char* GitBuildId;
+
+} // extern "C"