diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 7f9dfd98cd7a5659511e8869f0da9ea4938bd2c0..c57be02e65a1d247e964499dffb3f709cff76ee9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ v 8.3.0 (unreleased)
   - Do not show build status unless builds are enabled and `.gitlab-ci.yml` is present
   - Persist runners registration token in database
   - Fix online editor should not remove newlines at the end of the file
+  - Expose Git's version in the admin area
+
 
 v 8.2.3
   - Fix application settings cache not expiring after changes (Stan Hu)
diff --git a/app/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml b/app/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml
index 8657d2c71fe83eae1a39a5b521ca922acbbdca4c..531247e9148565a0e3b475a435c5a5bd709858bb 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@
         GitLab API
         %span.pull-right
           = API::API::version
+      %p
+        Git
+        %span.pull-right
+          = Gitlab::Git.version
       %p
         Ruby
         %span.pull-right
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git.rb b/lib/gitlab/git.rb
index 0c350d7c675e1977077944a7c1eff2f5a355c93b..f065cc5e9e9962c70407370403881452dab5c795 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ def branch_ref?(ref)
       def blank_ref?(ref)
         ref == BLANK_SHA
       end
+
+      def version
+        Gitlab::VersionInfo.parse(Gitlab::Popen.popen(%W(#{Gitlab.config.git.bin_path} --version)).first)
+      end
     end
   end
 end