diff --git a/targets/Makerules b/targets/Makerules
index 0001bb78c69575877871673ccc515c0cdef4311e..3a6849014ffff40b074e620b7d4c42cc932e2257 100644
--- a/targets/Makerules
+++ b/targets/Makerules
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ PWD     = $(shell pwd)
 OBJS_DIR := $(PWD)/objs
 
 SVN_REV = $(shell svnversion -n .)
+DATE_REV = $(shell date '+%F %T')
 
 NUM_CORES=$(shell cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l)