diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/base.html b/searx/templates/simple/base.html
index 3ca21f783c5e..08b34939eb8d 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/base.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/base.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <meta charset="UTF-8" />
   <meta name="description" content="SearXNG — a privacy-respecting, open metasearch engine">
   <meta name="keywords" content="SearXNG, search, search engine, metasearch, meta search">
-  <meta name="generator" content="searxng/{{ searx_version }}">
+  <meta name="generator" content="searxng/{{ searx_version_custom }}">
   <meta name="referrer" content="no-referrer">
   <meta name="robots" content="noarchive">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
   </main>
   <footer>
     <p>
-    {{ _('Powered by') }} <a href="{{ url_for('info', pagename='about') }}">searxng</a> - {{ searx_version }} — {{ _('a privacy-respecting, open metasearch engine') }}<br/>
+    {{ _('Powered by') }} <a href="{{ url_for('info', pagename='about') }}">searxng</a> - {{ searx_version_custom }} — {{ _('a privacy-respecting, open metasearch engine') }}<br/>
         <a href="{{ searx_git_url }}">{{ _('Source code') }}</a>
         | <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.issue_url') }}">{{ _('Issue tracker') }}</a>
         {% if enable_metrics %}| <a href="{{ url_for('stats') }}">{{ _('Engine stats') }}</a>{% endif %}
diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/new_issue.html b/searx/templates/simple/new_issue.html
index 7ce30c059393..8ecd11856dc6 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/new_issue.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/new_issue.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 {% if searx_git_url and searx_git_url != 'unknow' %}
 Repository: {{ searx_git_url }}
 Branch: {{ searx_git_branch }}
-Version: {{ searx_version }}
+Version: {{ searx_version_custom }}
 <!-- Check if these values are correct -->
 
 {% else %}
diff --git a/searx/version.py b/searx/version.py
index d2013808ba40..d6df79a5edad 100644
--- a/searx/version.py
+++ b/searx/version.py
@@ -76,6 +76,29 @@ def get_git_version():
     return git_version, tag_version, docker_tag
 
 
+def get_git_version_upstream():
+    try:
+        git_commit_date_hash = subprocess_run(r"git show -s --date='format:%-Y.%-m.%-d' --format='%cd+%h' origin/pull")
+        git_version = git_commit_date_hash
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        git_commit_date_hash = subprocess_run(r"git show -s --date='format:%-Y.%-m.%-d' --format='%cd+%h'")
+        git_version = git_commit_date_hash
+    # add "+dirty" suffix if there are uncommited changes except searx/settings.yml
+    try:
+        subprocess_run("git diff --quiet -- . ':!searx/settings.yml' ':!utils/brand.env'")
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        if e.returncode == 1:
+            git_version += "+dirty"
+        else:
+            logger.warning('"%s" returns an unexpected return code %i', e.returncode, e.cmd)
+    return git_version
+
+
+def get_git_fork_commit():
+    git_commit_date_hash = subprocess_run(r"git show -s --format='%h'")
+    return git_commit_date_hash
+
+
 try:
     vf = importlib.import_module('searx.version_frozen')
     VERSION_STRING, VERSION_TAG, DOCKER_TAG, GIT_URL, GIT_BRANCH = (
@@ -99,6 +122,9 @@ def get_git_version():
         logger.error("%s is not found, fallback to the default version", ex.filename)
 
 
+VERSION_STRING_UPSTREAM = get_git_version_upstream()
+FORK_COMMIT = get_git_fork_commit()
+
 logger.info("version: %s", VERSION_STRING)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
@@ -113,6 +139,8 @@ def get_git_version():
 VERSION_STRING = "{VERSION_STRING}"
 VERSION_TAG = "{VERSION_TAG}"
 DOCKER_TAG = "{DOCKER_TAG}"
+VERSION_STRING_UPSTREAM = "{VERSION_STRING_UPSTREAM}"
+FORK_COMMIT = "{FORK_COMMIT}"
 GIT_URL = "{GIT_URL}"
 GIT_BRANCH = "{GIT_BRANCH}"
 """
@@ -126,6 +154,8 @@ def get_git_version():
 VERSION_STRING="{VERSION_STRING}"
 VERSION_TAG="{VERSION_TAG}"
 DOCKER_TAG="{DOCKER_TAG}"
+VERSION_STRING_UPSTREAM = "{VERSION_STRING_UPSTREAM}"
+FORK_COMMIT = "{FORK_COMMIT}"
 GIT_URL="{GIT_URL}"
 GIT_BRANCH="{GIT_BRANCH}"
 """
diff --git a/searx/webapp.py b/searx/webapp.py
index b2b6a0bb5ed5..6008917ebf70 100755
--- a/searx/webapp.py
+++ b/searx/webapp.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     gen_useragent,
     dict_subset,
 )
-from searx.version import VERSION_STRING, GIT_URL, GIT_BRANCH
+from searx.version import VERSION_STRING, VERSION_STRING_UPSTREAM, FORK_COMMIT, GIT_URL, GIT_BRANCH
 from searx.query import RawTextQuery
 from searx.plugins import Plugin, plugins, initialize as plugin_initialize
 from searx.plugins.oa_doi_rewrite import get_doi_resolver
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ def render(template_name: str, **kwargs):
     kwargs['search_formats'] = [x for x in settings['search']['formats'] if x != 'html']
     kwargs['instance_name'] = get_setting('general.instance_name')
     kwargs['searx_version'] = VERSION_STRING
+    kwargs['searx_version_custom'] = str(VERSION_STRING_UPSTREAM) + " (" + str(FORK_COMMIT) + ")"
     kwargs['searx_git_url'] = GIT_URL
     kwargs['enable_metrics'] = get_setting('general.enable_metrics')
     kwargs['get_setting'] = get_setting
@@ -1294,7 +1295,7 @@ def config():
             'autocomplete': settings['search']['autocomplete'],
             'safe_search': settings['search']['safe_search'],
             'default_theme': settings['ui']['default_theme'],
-            'version': VERSION_STRING,
+            'version': str(VERSION_STRING_UPSTREAM) + " (" + str(FORK_COMMIT) + ")",
             'brand': {
                 'PRIVACYPOLICY_URL': get_setting('general.privacypolicy_url'),
                 'CONTACT_URL': get_setting('general.contact_url'),