diff --git a/src/node/hooks/express.js b/src/node/hooks/express.js
index 3275bd3ff..bf8494196 100644
--- a/src/node/hooks/express.js
+++ b/src/node/hooks/express.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ exports.createServer = function () {
   console.log("Report bugs at https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/issues")
 
   serverName = "Etherpad " + settings.getGitCommit() + " (http://etherpad.org)";
+  
+  console.log("Your Etherpad version is " + settings.getEpVersion() + " (" + settings.getGitCommit() + ")");
 
   exports.restartServer();
 
diff --git a/src/node/hooks/express/adminplugins.js b/src/node/hooks/express/adminplugins.js
index 5015cc5a4..1ae8d7b50 100644
--- a/src/node/hooks/express/adminplugins.js
+++ b/src/node/hooks/express/adminplugins.js
@@ -17,7 +17,13 @@ exports.expressCreateServer = function (hook_name, args, cb) {
   });
   args.app.get('/admin/plugins/info', function(req, res) {
     var gitCommit = settings.getGitCommit();
-    res.send( eejs.require("ep_etherpad-lite/templates/admin/plugins-info.html", {gitCommit:gitCommit}) );
+    var epVersion = settings.getEpVersion();
+    res.send( eejs.require("ep_etherpad-lite/templates/admin/plugins-info.html",
+      {
+        gitCommit: gitCommit,
+        epVersion: epVersion
+      }) 
+    );
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/node/utils/Settings.js b/src/node/utils/Settings.js
index 536c088b2..7e0e6c5a1 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/Settings.js
+++ b/src/node/utils/Settings.js
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ exports.getGitCommit = function() {
     var refPath = rootPath + "/.git/" + ref.substring(5, ref.indexOf("\n"));
     version = fs.readFileSync(refPath, "utf-8");
     version = version.substring(0, 7);
-    console.log("Your Etherpad git version is " + version);
   }
   catch(e)
   {
@@ -208,6 +207,11 @@ exports.getGitCommit = function() {
   return version;
 }
 
+// Return etherpad version from package.json
+exports.getEpVersion = function() {
+  return require('ep_etherpad-lite/package.json').version;
+}
+
 exports.reloadSettings = function reloadSettings() {
   // Discover where the settings file lives
   var settingsFilename = argv.settings || "settings.json";
diff --git a/src/templates/admin/plugins-info.html b/src/templates/admin/plugins-info.html
index 1b328a894..5d39c3889 100644
--- a/src/templates/admin/plugins-info.html
+++ b/src/templates/admin/plugins-info.html
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
       </div>
 
       <div class="innerwrapper">
-        <h2>Etherpad Git Commit</h2>
-        <p><a href='https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/commit/<%= gitCommit %>'><%= gitCommit %></a></p>
+        <h2>Etherpad version</h2>
+        <p>Version number: <%= epVersion %></p>
+        <p>Git sha: <a href='https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/commit/<%= gitCommit %>'><%= gitCommit %></a></p>
 
         <h2>Installed plugins</h2>
         <pre><%- plugins.formatPlugins().replace(", ","\n") %></pre>