diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a9afd270dc..446916ef2c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ GIT_BRANCH=`git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name --abbrev-ref HEAD`
 GIT_DIRTY=`git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- || echo "dirty-"`
 VERSION=`git describe --always`
 GO_VERSION=`go version | awk '{print $$3}'`
+BUILD_FLAGS="-X main.gitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT} -X main.version=${VERSION} -X main.goVersion=${GO_VERSION} -X main.buildDate=${BUILD_DATE}"
 
 default: build test lint gen-doc check-changelog
 release: deps build test lint gen-doc
@@ -23,17 +24,17 @@ imports: off
 	`go env GOPATH`/bin/goimports -w tools pkg internal cmd
 
 build: imports
-	go build -o ./cmd/revad/revad ./cmd/revad
-	go build -o ./cmd/reva/reva ./cmd/reva
+	go build -ldflags ${BUILD_FLAGS} -o ./cmd/revad/revad ./cmd/revad
+	go build -ldflags ${BUILD_FLAGS} -o ./cmd/reva/reva ./cmd/reva
 
 tidy:
 	go mod tidy
 
 build-revad: imports
-	go build -o ./cmd/revad/revad ./cmd/revad
+	go build -ldflags ${BUILD_FLAGS} -o ./cmd/revad/revad ./cmd/revad
 
 build-reva: imports
-	go build -o ./cmd/reva/reva ./cmd/reva
+	go build -ldflags ${BUILD_FLAGS} -o ./cmd/reva/reva ./cmd/reva
 
 test: off
 	go test -race ./...
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@ deps:
 	cd /tmp && go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports
 
 build-ci: off
-	go build -o ./cmd/revad/revad ./cmd/revad
-	go build -o ./cmd/reva/reva ./cmd/reva
+	go build -ldflags ${BUILD_FLAGS} -o ./cmd/revad/revad ./cmd/revad
+	go build -ldflags ${BUILD_FLAGS} -o ./cmd/reva/reva ./cmd/reva
 
 lint-ci:
 	go run tools/check-license/check-license.go
@@ -71,9 +72,9 @@ ci: build-ci test  lint-ci
 
 # to be run in Docker build
 build-revad-docker: off
-	go build -o ./cmd/revad/revad ./cmd/revad
+	go build -ldflags ${BUILD_FLAGS} -o ./cmd/revad/revad ./cmd/revad
 build-reva-docker: off
-	go build -o ./cmd/reva/reva ./cmd/reva
+	go build -ldflags ${BUILD_FLAGS} -o ./cmd/reva/reva ./cmd/reva
 clean:
 	rm -rf dist
 
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/build-time-vars.md b/changelog/unreleased/build-time-vars.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c242a5a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/build-time-vars.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Bugfix: Pass build time variables while compiling
+
+We provide the option of viewing various configuration and version options in
+both reva CLI as well as the reva daemon, but we didn't actually have these
+values in the first place. This PR adds that info at compile time.
+
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/1069
diff --git a/cmd/reva/main.go b/cmd/reva/main.go
index 2afdb9b8a3..acc0dacdb8 100644
--- a/cmd/reva/main.go
+++ b/cmd/reva/main.go
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/cs3org/reva/pkg/sysinfo"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -43,8 +41,6 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	// initiliaze the global system information
-	sysinfo.InitSystemInfo(&sysinfo.RevaVersion{Version: version, BuildDate: buildDate, GitCommit: gitCommit, GoVersion: goVersion})
 
 	cmds := []*command{
 		versionCommand(),
diff --git a/cmd/revad/main.go b/cmd/revad/main.go
index d803d5ca00..cfb5cb3a37 100644
--- a/cmd/revad/main.go
+++ b/cmd/revad/main.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ var (
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	// initiliaze the global system information
+	// initialize the global system information
 	sysinfo.InitSystemInfo(&sysinfo.RevaVersion{Version: version, BuildDate: buildDate, GitCommit: gitCommit, GoVersion: goVersion})
 
 	handleVersionFlag()
diff --git a/examples/ocmd/ocmd-server-1.toml b/examples/ocmd/ocmd-server-1.toml
index 69c239e4fd..07f801fcf5 100644
--- a/examples/ocmd/ocmd-server-1.toml
+++ b/examples/ocmd/ocmd-server-1.toml
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ address = "0.0.0.0:19001"
 [http.services.dataprovider]
 driver = "localhome"
 
+[http.services.prometheus]
+[http.services.sysinfo]
+
 [http.services.dataprovider.drivers.localhome]
 user_layout = "{{.Username}}"
 
diff --git a/examples/ocmd/ocmd-server-2.toml b/examples/ocmd/ocmd-server-2.toml
index a190f73331..e064fb27a0 100644
--- a/examples/ocmd/ocmd-server-2.toml
+++ b/examples/ocmd/ocmd-server-2.toml
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ address = "0.0.0.0:17001"
 [http.services.dataprovider]
 driver = "localhome"
 
+[http.services.prometheus]
+[http.services.sysinfo]
+
 [http.services.dataprovider.drivers.localhome]
 user_layout = "{{.Username}}"