diff --git a/src/getgit.cmake b/src/getgit.cmake
index de8c78e5..cdf93450 100644
--- a/src/getgit.cmake
+++ b/src/getgit.cmake
@@ -1,153 +1,171 @@
 #############################################################################
 #   Copyright (C) 2004-2019 by Thomas Fischer <fischer@unix-ag.uni-kl.de>   #
 #                                                                           #
 #   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify    #
 #   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by    #
 #   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or       #
 #   (at your option) any later version.                                     #
 #                                                                           #
 #   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,         #
 #   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of          #
 #   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the           #
 #   GNU General Public License for more details.                            #
 #                                                                           #
 #   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License       #
 #   along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.   #
 #############################################################################
 
 # Inspired by:
 # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3780667/use-cmake-to-get-build-time-svn-revision
 
 if(DEFINED ENV{GIT_REV} AND DEFINED ENV{GIT_BRANCH} AND NOT("${GIT_REV}" STREQUAL "" OR "${GIT_BRANCH}" STREQUAL ""))
     message (STATUS "Git information set by environment variables GIT_REV and GIT_BRANCH")
     set (GIT_REV $ENV{GIT_REV})
     set (GIT_BRANCH $ENV{GIT_BRANCH})
+    set (GIT_COMMIT_COUNT "0")
 else()
     set(GIT_REV "")
     set(GIT_BRANCH "")
+    set(GIT_COMMIT_COUNT "0")
 
     if(EXISTS ${SOURCE_DIR}/.git)
         # Git
         find_program( GIT_EXECUTABLE NAMES git.bat git ) # for Windows, "git.bat" must be found before "git"
         if(GIT_EXECUTABLE)
             execute_process (
                 WORKING_DIRECTORY
                 "${SOURCE_DIR}"
                 COMMAND
                 ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse --short HEAD
                 OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_REV
                 OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
             )
             execute_process (
                 WORKING_DIRECTORY
                 "${SOURCE_DIR}"
                 COMMAND
                 ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
                 OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_BRANCH
                 OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
             )
+            execute_process (
+                WORKING_DIRECTORY
+                "${SOURCE_DIR}"
+                COMMAND
+                ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-list --count HEAD
+                OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COMMIT_COUNT
+                OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+            )
         else()
             message( "No Git executable" )
         endif()
     else()
         message( "Not a Git source directory" )
     endif()
 endif()
 
 # write a header file defining VERSION
 file(
     WRITE
     "${BINARY_DIR}/kbibtex-git-info.h.tmp"
     "/// This file has been automatically generated by 'getgit.cmake'.\n/// Do not edit or modify it.\n\n"
 )
 file(
     APPEND
     "${BINARY_DIR}/kbibtex-git-info.h.tmp"
     "#ifndef KBIBTEX_GIT_INFO_H\n"
 )
 file(
     APPEND
     "${BINARY_DIR}/kbibtex-git-info.h.tmp"
     "#define KBIBTEX_GIT_INFO_H\n"
 )
 
 if("${GIT_REV}" STREQUAL "" OR "${GIT_BRANCH}" STREQUAL "")
     set(GIT_REV "")
     set(GIT_BRANCH "")
+    set(GIT_COMMIT_COUNT "0")
     message(
         STATUS
         "Source does not come from a Git checkout or determining the Git revision or branch failed"
     )
     file(
         APPEND
         "${BINARY_DIR}/kbibtex-git-info.h.tmp"
         "/// This source code does not come from a Git checkout or\n/// determining the Git revision or branch failed.\n/// Please consider setting environment variables GIT_REV and\n/// GIT_BRANCH before running the build tool (make, ninja, ...).\n\n"
     )
 else()
     message(
         STATUS
         "Git revision is "
         ${GIT_REV}
         "\nGit branch is "
         ${GIT_BRANCH}
+        "\nGit commit count is "
+        ${GIT_COMMIT_COUNT}
     )
 endif()
 
 file(
     APPEND
     "${BINARY_DIR}/kbibtex-git-info.h.tmp"
     "#define KBIBTEX_GIT_REV_STRING \"${GIT_REV}\"\n"
 )
 file(
     APPEND
     "${BINARY_DIR}/kbibtex-git-info.h.tmp"
     "#define KBIBTEX_GIT_BRANCH_STRING \"${GIT_BRANCH}\"\n"
 )
+file(
+    APPEND
+    "${BINARY_DIR}/kbibtex-git-info.h.tmp"
+    "#define KBIBTEX_GIT_COMMIT_COUNT ${GIT_COMMIT_COUNT}\n"
+)
 if("${GIT_REV}" STREQUAL "" OR "${GIT_BRANCH}" STREQUAL "")
     file(
         APPEND
         "${BINARY_DIR}/kbibtex-git-info.h.tmp"
         "#define KBIBTEX_GIT_INFO_STRING \"\"\n"
     )
 else()
     file(
         APPEND
         "${BINARY_DIR}/kbibtex-git-info.h.tmp"
-        "#define KBIBTEX_GIT_INFO_STRING \"${GIT_REV} (${GIT_BRANCH})\"\n"
+        "#define KBIBTEX_GIT_INFO_STRING \"${GIT_REV} (${GIT_BRANCH}, ${GIT_COMMIT_COUNT} commits in history)\"\n"
     )
 endif()
 file(
     APPEND
     "${BINARY_DIR}/kbibtex-git-info.h.tmp"
     "#endif // KBIBTEX_GIT_INFO_H\n"
 )
 
 if(
     EXISTS
     "${BINARY_DIR}/kbibtex-git-info.h.tmp"
 )
     execute_process(
         COMMAND
         ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
         -E
         copy_if_different
         "kbibtex-git-info.h.tmp"
         "kbibtex-git-info.h"
         WORKING_DIRECTORY
         "${BINARY_DIR}"
     )
     execute_process(
         COMMAND
         ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
         -E
         remove
         "kbibtex-git-info.h.tmp"
         WORKING_DIRECTORY
         "${BINARY_DIR}"
     )
 else()
     message(
         STATUS
         "${BINARY_DIR}/kbibtex-git-info.h.tmp does not exist"
     )
 endif()