diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eee3ded..dc8b1f8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 certs
 output
 dl
+utilities/version_stamp
diff --git a/external.mk b/external.mk
index 3f7c98a..2587e29 100644
--- a/external.mk
+++ b/external.mk
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@
 rauc-fixups:
 	$(BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH)/scripts/rauc_fixups.sh
 
-world: rauc-fixups
+version-stamp:
+	$(BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH)/scripts/version_stamp.sh
+
+world: rauc-fixups version-stamp
diff --git a/scripts/version_stamp.sh b/scripts/version_stamp.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a44e74e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/version_stamp.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This script runs git describe inside the external tree to generate a file containing the release tag, stored in utilities/version_stamp.
+# It can be used appropriately from each boards' respective postbuild or postimage script depending on what is needed.
+# The generated file is ignored in .gitignore.
+
+set -e
+cd "${BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH}"
+git describe --broken --dirty > utilities/version_stamp