diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cfc4ed94f..8da98efad 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ conf/drillTestConfig.properties
 *.class
 **/target/*
 logs/*
+git.properties
 framework/resources/Datasources/s3minio/minio/minio_data/.minio.sys
 framework/resources/Datasources/s3minio/minio/minio_data/tstbucket/tmp/ppruning/
 framework/resources/Datasources/s3minio/minio/minio_data/tstbucket/tmp/gitignore
diff --git a/bin/run_tests b/bin/run_tests
index ddee02996..0186f96c9 100755
--- a/bin/run_tests
+++ b/bin/run_tests
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ done
 # use the following line when testing apache drill JDBC driver
 if [[ $HADOOP_VERSION == *"mapr"* ]]
 then
-  java $DRILL_TEST_FRAMEWORK_JAVA_OPTS -Xss40m -cp conf/:${DRILL_HOME}/jars/jdbc-driver/drill-jdbc-all-${DRILL_VERSION}.jar:framework/target/framework-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-shaded.jar -Dfs.mapr.bailout.on.library.mismatch=false -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp/drill/tests -Djava.security.auth.login.config=/opt/mapr/conf/mapr.login.conf -Dzookeeper.sasl.client=false org.apache.drill.test.framework.TestDriver "${ARGS[@]}"
+  java $DRILL_TEST_FRAMEWORK_JAVA_OPTS -Xss40m -cp .:conf/:${DRILL_HOME}/jars/jdbc-driver/drill-jdbc-all-${DRILL_VERSION}.jar:framework/target/framework-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-shaded.jar -Dfs.mapr.bailout.on.library.mismatch=false -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp/drill/tests -Djava.security.auth.login.config=/opt/mapr/conf/mapr.login.conf -Dzookeeper.sasl.client=false org.apache.drill.test.framework.TestDriver "${ARGS[@]}"
 else
-  java $DRILL_TEST_FRAMEWORK_JAVA_OPTS -Xss40m -cp conf/:${DRILL_HOME}/jars/jdbc-driver/drill-jdbc-all-${DRILL_VERSION}.jar:framework/target/framework-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-shaded.jar org.apache.drill.test.framework.TestDriver "${ARGS[@]}"
+  java $DRILL_TEST_FRAMEWORK_JAVA_OPTS -Xss40m -cp .:conf/:${DRILL_HOME}/jars/jdbc-driver/drill-jdbc-all-${DRILL_VERSION}.jar:framework/target/framework-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-shaded.jar org.apache.drill.test.framework.TestDriver "${ARGS[@]}"
 fi
diff --git a/framework/pom.xml b/framework/pom.xml
index f75c52b6a..aa876fe38 100644
--- a/framework/pom.xml
+++ b/framework/pom.xml
@@ -204,6 +204,31 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>pl.project13.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>git-commit-id-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2.5</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>get-the-git-infos</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>revision</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+
+        <configuration>
+          <dotGitDirectory>${project.basedir}/../.git</dotGitDirectory>
+          <generateGitPropertiesFile>true</generateGitPropertiesFile>
+          <generateGitPropertiesFilename>${project.basedir}/../git.properties</generateGitPropertiesFilename>
+          <failOnNoGitDirectory>false</failOnNoGitDirectory>
+          <failOnUnableToExtractRepoInfo>false</failOnUnableToExtractRepoInfo>
+          <gitDescribe>
+            <always>false</always>
+            <forceLongFormat>true</forceLongFormat>
+          </gitDescribe>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <profiles>
diff --git a/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/TestDriver.java b/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/TestDriver.java
index f985e24e8..1194f9fb0 100644
--- a/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/TestDriver.java
+++ b/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/TestDriver.java
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
   }
 
   public int runTests() throws Exception {
+
+    LOG.info(DrillTestDefaults.LINE_BREAK +
+        "\nDRILL TEST FRAMEWORK VERSION\n" +
+        DrillTestDefaults.LINE_BREAK + "\n" +
+        Utils.getFrameworkVersion() + "\n" +
+        DrillTestDefaults.LINE_BREAK + "\n");
    
     List<List<DrillTest>> executionFailureExceptions=Lists.newArrayList(); 
     for(int ii=0;ii<DrillTestDefaults.DRILL_EXCEPTION_REGEXES.length;ii++){
diff --git a/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/Utils.java b/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/Utils.java
index 6315e29b8..0e9e00ed3 100755
--- a/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/Utils.java
+++ b/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/Utils.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import com.google.common.io.Resources;
 
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
@@ -1070,4 +1071,25 @@ public static boolean matches(String actual, String expected) {
       }
     return true;
   }
+
+  public static String getFrameworkVersion() {
+    String commitID = "";
+    String commitAuthor = "";
+    String commitEmail = "";
+    String commitMessage = "";
+    try {
+      URL u = Resources.getResource("git.properties");
+      if (u != null) {
+        Properties p = new Properties();
+        p.load(Resources.asByteSource(u).openStream());
+        commitID = p.getProperty("git.commit.id");
+        commitAuthor = p.getProperty("git.commit.user.name");
+        commitEmail = p.getProperty("git.commit.user.email");
+        commitMessage = p.getProperty("git.commit.message.short");
+      }
+    } catch (IOException | IllegalArgumentException e) {
+      LOG.warn("Failure while trying to load \"git.properties\" file.", e);
+    }
+    return String.format("Commit: %s\nAuthor: %s <%s>\n\n%s", commitID, commitAuthor, commitEmail, commitMessage);
+  }
 }