diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/WebAppMain.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/WebAppMain.java
index 4cf118e5eb..f2682e4b46 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/WebAppMain.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/WebAppMain.java
@@ -96,8 +96,9 @@ public class WebAppMain implements ServletContextListener {
         } catch (IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace(); // if the version properties is missing, that's OK.
         }
-        Object ver = props.get("version");
+        String ver = props.getProperty("version");
         if(ver==null)   ver="?";
+        Hudson.VERSION = ver;
         context.setAttribute("version",ver);
 
         Trigger.init(); // start running trigger
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/BuildInfoRecorder.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/BuildInfoRecorder.java
index af0735e337..ea11af7f75 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/BuildInfoRecorder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/BuildInfoRecorder.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import hudson.maven.MojoInfo;
 import hudson.maven.MavenBuild;
 import hudson.maven.MavenBuildProxy.BuildCallable;
 import hudson.model.BuildListener;
+import hudson.model.Hudson;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.xml.XmlPlexusConfiguration;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ public class BuildInfoRecorder extends MavenReporter {
                     Map<String,String> r = new HashMap<String, String>();
                     r.put("Hudson-Build-Number",String.valueOf(build.getNumber()));
                     r.put("Hudson-Project",build.getParent().getParent().getName());
+                    r.put("Hudson-Version",Hudson.VERSION);
                     return r;
                 }
             });
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
index f8ce0a635e..5e1b9fba16 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
@@ -1531,6 +1531,11 @@ public final class Hudson extends View implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Node
      */
     private static final XStream XSTREAM = new XStream2();
 
+    /**
+     * Version number of this Hudson.
+     */
+    public static String VERSION;
+
     static {
         XSTREAM.alias("hudson",Hudson.class);
         XSTREAM.alias("slave",Slave.class);