diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index dd8f1dc7ed1..9e568177e14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout codebase
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+      - name: Add version
+        run: python scripts/sourceversion.py > dspace/config/VERSION_D.txt
+
       # https://github.com/docker/setup-buildx-action
       - name: Setup Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
diff --git a/scripts/sourceversion.py b/scripts/sourceversion.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6ac25034273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/sourceversion.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import subprocess
+from datetime import datetime
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    ts = datetime.now()
+    print(f"timestamp: {ts}")
+
+    cmd = 'git log -1 --pretty=format:"%h - %ai"'
+    print(f">{cmd}")
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd, shell=True)
+
+    cmd = 'git status --porcelain'
+    print(f">{cmd}:")
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd, shell=True)