diff --git a/cmake/TRIQSConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/TRIQSConfig.cmake.in
index ac6c4c5b..833290c0 100644
--- a/cmake/TRIQSConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/TRIQSConfig.cmake.in
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ set(TRIQS_SPHINXBUILD_EXECUTABLE @SPHINXBUILD_EXECUTABLE@)
 set(TRIQS_THEMES_PATH @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/share/triqs/themes)
 set(TRIQS_MATHJAX_PATH @MATHJAX_PATH@)
 
+# Git
+set(TRIQS_GIT_EXECUTABLE @GIT_EXECUTABLE@)
+macro(triqs_get_git_hash DIR PREFIX)
+ execute_process(COMMAND @GIT_EXECUTABLE@ rev-parse HEAD
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY "${DIR}"
+  RESULT_VARIABLE   GIT_RESULT
+  OUTPUT_VARIABLE   "${PREFIX}_GIT_HASH"
+  ERROR_VARIABLE    GIT_ERROR
+  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+endmacro(triqs_get_git_hash)
+
 # for people who want to quickly add everything TRIQS has detected...
 set(TRIQS_LIBRARY_ALL ${TRIQS_LIBRARY} ${TRIQS_LIBRARY_BOOST} ${TRIQS_LIBRARY_PYTHON} ${TRIQS_LIBRARY_MPI} ${TRIQS_LIBRARY_HDF5} ${TRIQS_LIBRARY_LAPACK} ${TRIQS_LIBRARY_FFTW} ${TRIQS_LIBRARY_GMP} ${TRIQS_LIBRARY_GSL} )
 set(TRIQS_INCLUDE_ALL ${TRIQS_INCLUDE} ${TRIQS_INCLUDE_BOOST} ${TRIQS_INCLUDE_PYTHON} ${TRIQS_INCLUDE_MPI} ${TRIQS_INCLUDE_HDF5} ${TRIQS_INCLUDE_LAPACK} ${TRIQS_INCLUDE_FFTW} ${TRIQS_INCLUDE_GMP} ${TRIQS_INCLUDE_GSL} )