diff --git a/cl_dll/CMakeLists.txt b/cl_dll/CMakeLists.txt
index f6ecbb9f..9c0819cb 100644
--- a/cl_dll/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cl_dll/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ set (CLDLL_SOURCES
 	train.cpp
 	tri.cpp
 	util.cpp
-	view.cpp)
+	view.cpp
+	../game_shared/vcs_info.cpp
+)
 
 if (USE_VGUI)
 	list(APPEND CLDLL_SOURCES
diff --git a/cl_dll/cdll_int.cpp b/cl_dll/cdll_int.cpp
index 55516b84..bedf5c6c 100644
--- a/cl_dll/cdll_int.cpp
+++ b/cl_dll/cdll_int.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ extern "C"
 }
 
 #include <string.h>
+#include "vcs_info.h"
 
 cl_enginefunc_t gEngfuncs;
 CHud gHUD;
@@ -171,6 +172,9 @@ int DLLEXPORT Initialize( cl_enginefunc_t *pEnginefuncs, int iVersion )
 
 	EV_HookEvents();
 
+	gEngfuncs.pfnRegisterVariable( "cl_game_build_commit", g_VCSInfo_Commit, 0 );
+	gEngfuncs.pfnRegisterVariable( "cl_game_build_branch", g_VCSInfo_Branch, 0 );
+
 	return 1;
 }