diff --git a/src/lib_shell/monitor_directory.ml b/src/lib_shell/monitor_directory.ml
index 00df8668b..d5bb392b1 100644
--- a/src/lib_shell/monitor_directory.ml
+++ b/src/lib_shell/monitor_directory.ml
@@ -147,4 +147,8 @@ let build_rpc_directory validator mainchain_validator =
     RPC_answer.return_stream { next ; shutdown }
   end ;
 
+  gen_register0 Monitor_services.S.commit_hash begin fun () () ->
+    RPC_answer.return Tezos_base.Current_git_info.commit_hash
+  end ;
+
   !dir
diff --git a/src/lib_shell_services/monitor_services.ml b/src/lib_shell_services/monitor_services.ml
index f6821432e..db0ffffc0 100644
--- a/src/lib_shell_services/monitor_services.ml
+++ b/src/lib_shell_services/monitor_services.ml
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ module S = struct
       ~output: Protocol_hash.encoding
       RPC_path.(path / "protocols")
 
+  let commit_hash =
+    RPC_service.get_service
+      ~description:"Get information on the build of the node."
+      ~query: RPC_query.empty
+      ~output: string
+      RPC_path.(path / "commit_hash")
+
 end
 
 open RPC_context
@@ -122,3 +129,6 @@ let heads ctxt ?(next_protocols = []) chain =
 
 let protocols ctxt =
   make_streamed_call S.protocols ctxt () () ()
+
+let commit_hash ctxt =
+  make_call S.commit_hash ctxt () () ()
diff --git a/src/lib_shell_services/monitor_services.mli b/src/lib_shell_services/monitor_services.mli
index 6c194b648..c64af75d3 100644
--- a/src/lib_shell_services/monitor_services.mli
+++ b/src/lib_shell_services/monitor_services.mli
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ val protocols:
   #streamed ->
   (Protocol_hash.t Lwt_stream.t * stopper) tzresult Lwt.t
 
+val commit_hash: #simple -> string tzresult Lwt.t
+
 module S : sig
 
   val bootstrapped:
@@ -70,5 +72,7 @@ module S : sig
      unit, unit, unit,
      Protocol_hash.t) RPC_service.t
 
+  val commit_hash:
+    ([ `GET ], unit, unit, unit, unit, string) RPC_service.t
 end