diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9af9a6eb..5f4241f7 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ func getSystemData() map[string]string {
 		"PLATFORM": platform,
 		"RUNTIME":  goruntime,
 		"MEM":      mem,
+		"TAG":      Tag,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/make.go b/make.go
index d90b6a4f..8417bf51 100644
--- a/make.go
+++ b/make.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
 
@@ -30,14 +32,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Version struct {
-	Date    string
-	TagDate string
+	Date string
+	Tag  string
 }
 
-const (
-	tagTimeStampFormat = "2006.01.02-MST"
-)
-
 func writeVersion(version Version) error {
 	var versionTemplate = `// --------  DO NOT EDIT --------
 // this is an autogenerated file
@@ -51,7 +49,15 @@ import (
 
 // Version autogenerated
 var Version = {{if .Date}}"{{.Date}}"{{else}}""{{end}}
-var TagVersion = {{if .TagDate}}"{{.TagDate}}"{{else}}""{{end}}
+
+// Tag is of following format
+//
+//   [[STRING]-[EPOCH]-[GITREV]]
+//
+// STRING is release string of your choice.
+// EPOCH is unix seconds since Jan 1, 1970 UTC.
+// GITREV is git commit id
+var Tag = {{if .Tag}}"{{.Tag}}"{{else}}""{{end}}
 
 // getVersion -
 func getVersion() string {
@@ -123,10 +129,24 @@ func runMcRelease(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	if ctx.Args().First() == "help" {
 		cli.ShowCommandHelpAndExit(ctx, "release", 1) // last argument is exit code
 	}
+	git := command{exec.Command("git", "rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"), &bytes.Buffer{}, &bytes.Buffer{}}
+	gitErr := git.runCommand()
+	if gitErr != nil {
+		fmt.Print(git)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	revParse := git.stdout.String()
 	t := time.Now().UTC()
 	date := t.Format(time.RFC3339Nano)
-	tagDate := t.Format(tagTimeStampFormat)
-	version := Version{Date: date, TagDate: tagDate}
+
+	//   [[STRING]-[EPOCH]-[GITREV]]
+	//
+	// STRING is release string of your choice.
+	// EPOCH is unix seconds since Jan 1, 1970 UTC.
+	// GITREV is git commit id
+	tag := "release" + "-" + strconv.FormatInt(t.Unix(), 10) + "-" + strings.TrimSpace(revParse)
+
+	version := Version{Date: date, Tag: tag}
 	err := writeVersion(version)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Print(err)
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index fe889360..bc7778d5 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -9,7 +9,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Version autogenerated
-var Version = "2015-06-12T02:05:16.449416257Z"
+var Version = "2015-06-17T01:27:27.033965323Z"
+
+// Tag is of following format
+//
+//   [[STRING]-[EPOCH]-[GITREV]]
+//
+// STRING is release string of your choice.
+// EPOCH is unix seconds since Jan 1, 1970 UTC.
+// GITREV is git commit id
+var Tag = "release-1434504447-bb790ed"
 
 // getVersion -
 func getVersion() string {