diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 84ac74b30..30cf7b27f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ config.log
 /stamp-h1
 /xbmc.bin
 /xbmc-xrandr
-/svn_revision.h
+/git_revision.h
 
 # /addons/
 /addons/com.nullsoft.milkdrop.xbmc/*.vis
diff --git a/XBMC.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/XBMC.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index ee6752f8a..04794bdfb 100644
--- a/XBMC.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/XBMC.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -7186,7 +7186,7 @@
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
-			shellScript = "# Update version in Info.plist with SVN revision\nSVN_REVISION=\"Unknown\"\nBUNDLE_NAME=\"XBMC\"\n\nSVN_REVISION=\"SVN-\"$(cat svn_revision.h | sed -n 's/\\(.*\\)\\\"\\(.*\\)\\\"\\(.*\\)/\\2/p')\nperl -p -i -e \"s/r####/$SVN_REVISION/\" \"$TARGET_BUILD_DIR/$BUNDLE_NAME.app/Contents/Info.plist\"\n";
+			shellScript = "# Update version in Info.plist with Git revision\nGIT_REVISION=\"Unknown\"\nBUNDLE_NAME=\"XBMC\"\n\nGIT_REVISION=\"Git-\"$(cat git_revision.h | sed -n 's/\\(.*\\)\\\"\\(.*\\)\\\"\\(.*\\)/\\2/p')\nperl -p -i -e \"s/r####/$GIT_REVISION/\" \"$TARGET_BUILD_DIR/$BUNDLE_NAME.app/Contents/Info.plist\"\n";
 		};
 		F5A1CBDE0F6B0B4700A96ABD /* copy root files */ = {
 			isa = PBXShellScriptBuildPhase;
@@ -7229,7 +7229,7 @@
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
-			shellScript = "# Update version in Info.plist with SVN revision\nSVN_REVISION=\"Unknown\"\nBUNDLE_NAME=\"XBMC\"\n\nSVN_REVISION=\"SVN-\"$(cat svn_revision.h | sed -n 's/\\(.*\\)\\\"\\(.*\\)\\\"\\(.*\\)/\\2/p')\nperl -p -i -e \"s/r####/$SVN_REVISION/\" \"$TARGET_BUILD_DIR/$BUNDLE_NAME.app/Contents/Info.plist\"\n";
+			shellScript = "# Update version in Info.plist with Git revision\nGIT_REVISION=\"Unknown\"\nBUNDLE_NAME=\"XBMC\"\n\nGIT_REVISION=\"Git-\"$(cat git_revision.h | sed -n 's/\\(.*\\)\\\"\\(.*\\)\\\"\\(.*\\)/\\2/p')\nperl -p -i -e \"s/r####/$GIT_REVISION/\" \"$TARGET_BUILD_DIR/$BUNDLE_NAME.app/Contents/Info.plist\"\n";
 		};
 		F5DEC3580E6DEBB2005A4E24 /* copy root files */ = {
 			isa = PBXShellScriptBuildPhase;
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a2b67ed85..2a42ee990 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1118,7 +1118,6 @@ if test "$ARCH" != "x86_64-linux"; then
   fi
 fi
 
-AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_SVNVERSION,svnversion,"yes","no",)
 AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_GIT,git,"yes","no",)
 
 # Checks for header files.
@@ -1296,23 +1295,16 @@ else
   final_message="$final_message\n  Avahi:\tNo"
 fi
 
-if ! test -n "$SVN_REV" -a "$SVN_REV" != "" ; then
-  if test "$HAVE_SVNVERSION" = "yes" ; then
-    SVN_REV=$(svnversion -n -c 2>/dev/null | grep -iv ^exported | sed -e 's/.*\://')
-  fi
-  if test "$SVN_REV" = ""; then
-    if test "$HAVE_GIT" = "yes"; then
-      SVN_REV=$(./gitrev.sh)
-    fi
-  fi
-  if test "$SVN_REV" = ""; then
-    SVN_REV="Unknown"
-  fi
+if test "$HAVE_GIT" = "yes"; then
+  GIT_REV=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+fi
+if test "$GIT_REV" = ""; then
+  GIT_REV="Unknown"
 fi
 if test "$host_vendor" = "apple"; then
-  echo "#define SVN_REV \"$SVN_REV\"" > svn_revision.h
+  echo "#define GIT_REV \"$GIT_REV\"" > git_revision.h
 else
-  SDL_DEFINES="$SDL_DEFINES -D'SVN_REV=\"$SVN_REV\"'"
+  SDL_DEFINES="$SDL_DEFINES -D'GIT_REV=\"$GIT_REV\"'"
 fi
 
 if test "$use_nonfree" = "yes"; then
diff --git a/guilib/system.h b/guilib/system.h
index 3e4d67ce1..ec96050dd 100644
--- a/guilib/system.h
+++ b/guilib/system.h
@@ -152,15 +152,15 @@
 #endif
 
 /*****************
- * SVN revision
+ * Git revision
  *****************/
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
-  #include "../svn_revision.h"
+#include "../git_revision.h"
 #endif
 
-#ifndef SVN_REV
-  #define SVN_REV "Unknown"
+#ifndef GIT_REV
+#define GIT_REV "Unknown"
 #endif
 
 /****************************************
diff --git a/xbmc/Application.cpp b/xbmc/Application.cpp
index c8a86c315..968c82299 100644
--- a/xbmc/Application.cpp
+++ b/xbmc/Application.cpp
@@ -503,9 +503,9 @@ bool CApplication::Create()
 
   CLog::Log(LOGNOTICE, "-----------------------------------------------------------------------");
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
-  CLog::Log(LOGNOTICE, "Starting XBMC, Platform: Mac OS X (%s). Built on %s (SVN:%s)", g_sysinfo.GetUnameVersion().c_str(), __DATE__, SVN_REV);
+  CLog::Log(LOGNOTICE, "Starting XBMC, Platform: Mac OS X (%s). Built on %s (Git:%s)", g_sysinfo.GetUnameVersion().c_str(), __DATE__, GIT_REV);
 #elif defined(_LINUX)
-  CLog::Log(LOGNOTICE, "Starting XBMC, Platform: Linux (%s, %s). Built on %s (SVN:%s)", g_sysinfo.GetLinuxDistro().c_str(), g_sysinfo.GetUnameVersion().c_str(), __DATE__, SVN_REV);
+  CLog::Log(LOGNOTICE, "Starting XBMC, Platform: Linux (%s, %s). Built on %s (Git:%s)", g_sysinfo.GetLinuxDistro().c_str(), g_sysinfo.GetUnameVersion().c_str(), __DATE__, GIT_REV);
 #elif defined(_WIN32)
   CLog::Log(LOGNOTICE, "Starting XBMC, Platform: %s. Built on %s (SVN:%s, compiler %i)",g_sysinfo.GetKernelVersion().c_str(), __DATE__, SVN_REV, _MSC_VER);
   CLog::Log(LOGNOTICE, g_cpuInfo.getCPUModel().c_str());
diff --git a/xbmc/utils/GUIInfoManager.cpp b/xbmc/utils/GUIInfoManager.cpp
index a7b9f4cdc..165bbb2f2 100644
--- a/xbmc/utils/GUIInfoManager.cpp
+++ b/xbmc/utils/GUIInfoManager.cpp
@@ -3438,8 +3438,8 @@ CTemperature CGUIInfoManager::GetGPUTemperature()
 CStdString CGUIInfoManager::GetVersion()
 {
   CStdString tmp;
-#ifdef SVN_REV
-  tmp.Format("%s r%s", VERSION_STRING, SVN_REV);
+#ifdef GIT_REV
+  tmp.Format("%s Git:%s", VERSION_STRING, GIT_REV);
 #else
   tmp.Format("%s", VERSION_STRING);
 #endif