diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0d08651886..c2ee7d2d47 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ INSTALL_SIZE ?= $(shell du out/minikube-windows-amd64.exe | cut -f1)
 BUILDROOT_BRANCH ?= 2018.05.3
 REGISTRY?=gcr.io/k8s-minikube
 
+# Get git commit id
+COMMIT_NO := $(shell git rev-parse HEAD 2> /dev/null || true)
+COMMIT ?= $(if $(shell git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no),"${COMMIT_NO}-dirty","${COMMIT_NO}")
+
 HYPERKIT_BUILD_IMAGE 	?= karalabe/xgo-1.12.x
 # NOTE: "latest" as of 2019-05-09. kube-cross images aren't updated as often as Kubernetes
 BUILD_IMAGE 	?= k8s.gcr.io/kube-cross:v1.12.5-1
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ BUILD_OS := $(shell uname -s)
 STORAGE_PROVISIONER_TAG := v1.8.1
 
 # Set the version information for the Kubernetes servers
-MINIKUBE_LDFLAGS := -X k8s.io/minikube/pkg/version.version=$(VERSION) -X k8s.io/minikube/pkg/version.isoVersion=$(ISO_VERSION) -X k8s.io/minikube/pkg/version.isoPath=$(ISO_BUCKET)
+MINIKUBE_LDFLAGS := -X k8s.io/minikube/pkg/version.version=$(VERSION) -X k8s.io/minikube/pkg/version.isoVersion=$(ISO_VERSION) -X k8s.io/minikube/pkg/version.isoPath=$(ISO_BUCKET) -X k8s.io/minikube/pkg/version.gitCommitID=$(COMMIT)
 PROVISIONER_LDFLAGS := "$(MINIKUBE_LDFLAGS) -s -w"
 
 MINIKUBEFILES := ./cmd/minikube/
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/version.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/version.go
index bb77629aba..073f95b879 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/version.go
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	},
 	Run: func(command *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		console.OutLn("minikube version: %v", version.GetVersion())
+		gitCommitID := version.GetGitCommitID()
+		if gitCommitID != "" {
+			console.OutLn("commit: %v", gitCommitID)
+		}
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
index 116d08b54a..62727d9237 100644
--- a/pkg/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ const VersionPrefix = "v"
 // version is a private field and should be set when compiling with --ldflags="-X k8s.io/minikube/pkg/version.version=vX.Y.Z"
 var version = "v0.0.0-unset"
 
+// version is a private field and should be set when compiling with --ldflags="-X k8s.io/minikube/pkg/version.gitCommitID=<commit-id>"
+var gitCommitID = ""
+
 // isoVersion is a private field and should be set when compiling with --ldflags="-X k8s.io/minikube/pkg/version.isoVersion=vX.Y.Z"
 var isoVersion = "v0.0.0-unset"
 
@@ -40,6 +43,11 @@ func GetVersion() string {
 	return version
 }
 
+// GetGitCommitID returns the git commit id from which it is being built
+func GetGitCommitID() string {
+	return gitCommitID
+}
+
 // GetISOVersion returns the current minikube.iso version
 func GetISOVersion() string {
 	return isoVersion