diff --git a/NzbDrone.Api/Client/ClientSettings.cs b/NzbDrone.Api/Client/ClientSettings.cs
index 40cc49550..b62bddf30 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Api/Client/ClientSettings.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Api/Client/ClientSettings.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using NzbDrone.Common;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Messaging;
+using NzbDrone.Common.Serializer;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Lifecycle;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Api.Client
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api.Client
         private readonly EnvironmentProvider _environmentProvider;
 
         private static readonly Regex VersionRegex = new Regex(@"(?<=Version:\s')(.*)(?=')", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled);
+        private static readonly Regex BuildDateRegex = new Regex(@"(?<=BuildDate:\s)('.*')", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled);
 
         public ClientSettings(EnvironmentProvider environmentProvider)
         {
@@ -28,8 +30,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api.Client
             var appFile = Path.Combine(_environmentProvider.StartUpPath, "UI", "app.js");
             var contents = File.ReadAllText(appFile);
             var version = _environmentProvider.Version;
+            var date = _environmentProvider.BuildDateTime;
 
             contents = VersionRegex.Replace(contents, version.ToString());
+            contents = BuildDateRegex.Replace(contents, date.ToUniversalTime().ToJson());
 
             File.WriteAllText(appFile, contents);
         }
diff --git a/UI/Shared/Footer/Model.js b/UI/Shared/Footer/Model.js
index 3e6261bd1..8f2b2a056 100644
--- a/UI/Shared/Footer/Model.js
+++ b/UI/Shared/Footer/Model.js
@@ -3,7 +3,16 @@ define(['app'], function () {
 
     NzbDrone.Shared.Footer.Model = Backbone.Model.extend({
         defaults: {
-            'version' : '0.0.0.0'
+            'version'   : '0.0.0.0',
+            'buildDate' : Date.create()
+        },
+
+        mutators: {
+            humanizedBuildDate: function () {
+                var date = Date.create(this.get('buildDate'));
+
+                return date.short();
+            }
         }
     });
 
diff --git a/UI/Shared/Footer/Template.html b/UI/Shared/Footer/Template.html
index 21d3de7ed..45ecea1b1 100644
--- a/UI/Shared/Footer/Template.html
+++ b/UI/Shared/Footer/Template.html
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 <p>&copy; Copyright 2013 NzbDrone</p>
-<p>v{{version}}</p>
\ No newline at end of file
+<p>v{{version}} ({{humanizedBuildDate}})</p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/UI/Shared/Footer/View.js b/UI/Shared/Footer/View.js
index 7933baaf3..3db52203b 100644
--- a/UI/Shared/Footer/View.js
+++ b/UI/Shared/Footer/View.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ define(['app',
         initialize: function () {
             this.model = new NzbDrone.Shared.Footer.Model();
             this.model.set('version', NzbDrone.Constants.Version);
+            this.model.set('buildDate', NzbDrone.Constants.BuildDate);
         }
     });
 
diff --git a/UI/Shared/Footer/footer.less b/UI/Shared/Footer/footer.less
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f989373d..000000000
--- a/UI/Shared/Footer/footer.less
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-footer {
-  font-size: 12.6px;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/UI/app.js b/UI/app.js
index 8bfac1f33..a7074cfab 100644
--- a/UI/app.js
+++ b/UI/app.js
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ define([
 
     window.NzbDrone.Constants = {
         ApiRoot: '/api',
-        Version: '0.0.0.0'
+        Version: '0.0.0.0',
+        BuildDate: '2013-01-01T00:00:00Z'
     };
 
     window.NzbDrone.addInitializer(function () {