diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index f8a5d2e077..3d94f50cff 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -6085,6 +6085,7 @@ XML
 			      "<link>$alt_url</link>\n" .
 			      "</image>\n";
 		}
+		print "<generator>gitweb v.$version/$git_version</generator>\n";
 	} elsif ($format eq 'atom') {
 		print <<XML;
 <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
@@ -6111,6 +6112,7 @@ XML
 		} else {
 			print "<updated>$latest_date{'iso-8601'}</updated>\n";
 		}
+		print "<generator version='$version/$git_version'>gitweb</generator>\n";
 	}
 
 	# contents