diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/Info.plist b/rbutil/rbutilqt/Info.plist
index 64f8d7b3d3..08d8af7062 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/Info.plist
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/Info.plist
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<key>CFBundleName</key>
 	<string>Rockbox Utility</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>1.2.12</string>
+	<string>1.2.12 ($Rev$)</string>
 	<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
 	<string>rbutilqt.icns</string>
 	<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/version.h b/rbutil/rbutilqt/version.h
index a081c19fa6..768c93fb75 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/version.h
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/version.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #define BUILDID ""
 #define VERSION "1.2.12" BUILDID
 // PUREVERSION should identify the build uniquely. Use version string for now.
-#define PUREVERSION VERSION
+#define PUREVERSION "$Rev$"
 
-#define FULLVERSION VERSION", built "__DATE__" "__TIME__
+#define FULLVERSION VERSION" ("PUREVERSION"), built "__DATE__" "__TIME__
 
diff --git a/utils/common/deploy-rbutil.py b/utils/common/deploy-rbutil.py
index 3a23862b7c..389438e920 100755
--- a/utils/common/deploy-rbutil.py
+++ b/utils/common/deploy-rbutil.py
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ deploy.progexe = {
     "linux2"   : "RockboxUtility"
 }
 deploy.regreplace = {
-    "rbutil/rbutilqt/version.h"  : [["SVN \$.*\$", "SVN r%REVISION%"],
+    "rbutil/rbutilqt/version.h"  : [["\$Rev\$", "%REVISION%"],
                                     ["(^#define BUILDID).*", "\\1 \"-%BUILDID%\""]],
-    "rbutil/rbutilqt/Info.plist" : [["SVN \$.*\$", "SVN r%REVISION%"]],
+    "rbutil/rbutilqt/Info.plist" : [["\$Rev\$", "%REVISION%"]],
 }
 # OS X 10.6 defaults to gcc 4.2. Building universal binaries that are
 # compatible with 10.4 requires using gcc-4.0.