diff --git a/sys/conf/newvers.sh b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
index 3cb211b..1811a7d 100644
--- a/sys/conf/newvers.sh
+++ b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
@@ -150,11 +150,23 @@ if [ -n "$p4_cmd" ] ; then
 	esac
 fi
 	
+case $COMPILER_TYPE in
+gcc)
+	compiler="gcc-"`gcc --version | head -n1 | awk '{ print $3 "-" $4}'`
+	;;
+clang)
+	compiler="clang-r"`clang --version | head -1 | \
+		sed -En 's/^.*\(.* ([0-9]*)).*$/\1/p'`
+	;;
+*)
+	compiler="unknown-compiler"
+esac
+ 
 
 cat << EOF > vers.c
 $COPYRIGHT
-#define SCCSSTR "@(#)${VERSION} #${v}${svn}${git}${p4version}: ${t}"
-#define VERSTR "${VERSION} #${v}${svn}${git}${p4version}: ${t}\\n    ${u}@${h}:${d}\\n"
+#define SCCSSTR "@(#)${VERSION} #${v}${svn}${git}${p4version}(${compiler}): ${t}"
+#define VERSTR "${VERSION} #${v}${svn}${git}${p4version}(${compiler}): ${t}\\n    ${u}@${h}:${d}\\n"
 #define RELSTR "${RELEASE}"
 
 char sccs[sizeof(SCCSSTR) > 128 ? sizeof(SCCSSTR) : 128] = SCCSSTR;