diff --git a/src/compiler/GF/Infra/BuildInfo.hs b/src/compiler/GF/Infra/BuildInfo.hs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..127c7f6f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compiler/GF/Infra/BuildInfo.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module GF.Infra.BuildInfo where
+import System.Info
+import Data.Version(showVersion)
+
+buildInfo =
+    "Built on "++os++"/"++arch
+    ++" with "++compilerName++"-"++showVersion compilerVersion
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/compiler/GFI.hs b/src/compiler/GFI.hs
index 1041b9c5d..0297240f6 100644
--- a/src/compiler/GFI.hs
+++ b/src/compiler/GFI.hs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import GF.Infra.CheckM
 import GF.Infra.UseIO
 import GF.Infra.Option
 import GF.Infra.Modules (greatestResource, modules, emptyModInfo)
+import GF.Infra.BuildInfo (buildInfo)
 import qualified System.Console.Haskeline as Haskeline
 import GF.Text.Coding
 
@@ -279,6 +280,7 @@ welcome = unlines [
   "         *  *  *              ",
   "                              ",
   "This is GF version "++showVersion version++". ",
+  buildInfo,
   "License: see help -license.   ",
   "Bug reports: http://code.google.com/p/grammatical-framework/issues/list"
   ]