diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8bdae9c..08ec003 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 EXECUTABLE ?= drone-s3-sync
 IMAGE ?= plugins/$(EXECUTABLE)
+COMMIT ?= $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 
-LDFLAGS = -X "main.buildDate=$(shell date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z')"
+LDFLAGS = -X "main.buildCommit=$(COMMIT)"
 PACKAGES = $(shell go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/)
 
 all: deps build test
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 862312b..b9469c0 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ type result struct {
 }
 
 var (
-	buildDate string
+	buildCommit string
 )
 
 func main() {
-	fmt.Printf("Drone S3 Sync Plugin built at %s\n", buildDate)
+	fmt.Printf("Drone S3 Sync Plugin built from %s\n", buildCommit)
 
 	vargs := PluginArgs{}
 	workspace := drone.Workspace{}