diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 583c1c0..cb64d02 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -37,13 +37,18 @@ LIBS_GTK = `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0`
 
 CFLAGS_WARN = -Wall -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes \
 	      -Wmissing-declarations -Wno-format-zero-length
-CFLAGS = -g -std=gnu99 $(CFLAGS_GTK) -DCPP='"cpp"' $(CFLAGS_WARN)
+CFLAGS = -g -std=gnu99 $(CFLAGS_GTK) -DCPP='"cpp"' \
+         -DSVN_VERSION='"$(SVN_VERSION)$(SVN_STATUS)"' $(CFLAGS_WARN)
 SLOPPY = -Wno-unused -Wno-implicit-function-declaration \
 	 -Wno-missing-prototypes -Wno-missing-declarations
 LDLIBS = -lm -lfl $(LIBS_GTK)
 YACC = bison -y
 YYFLAGS = -v
 
+SVN_VERSION=$(shell svn info | sed '/Last Changed Rev: /s///p;d')
+SVN_STATUS=$(shell [ -z "`svn status -q`" ] || echo +)
+
+
 # ----- Verbosity control -----------------------------------------------------
 
 CPP := $(CPP)   # make sure changing CC won't affect CPP
diff --git a/gui.c b/gui.c
index 1c811cd..1665c54 100644
--- a/gui.c
+++ b/gui.c
@@ -314,7 +314,11 @@ int gui_main(void)
 	root = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
 	gtk_window_set_position(GTK_WINDOW(root), GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER);
 	gtk_window_set_default_size(GTK_WINDOW(root), 620, 460);
-	gtk_window_set_title(GTK_WINDOW(root), "fped");
+	if (*SVN_VERSION)
+		gtk_window_set_title(GTK_WINDOW(root),
+		    "fped (rev " SVN_VERSION ")");
+	else
+		gtk_window_set_title(GTK_WINDOW(root), "fped");
 
 	/* get root->window */
 	gtk_widget_show_all(root);