diff --git a/library/DFHackVersion.cpp b/library/DFHackVersion.cpp
index 744f3183b..81b53d769 100644
--- a/library/DFHackVersion.cpp
+++ b/library/DFHackVersion.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "DFHackVersion.h"
 #include "git-describe.h"
 #include "Export.h"
+#include <string>
 namespace DFHack {
     namespace Version {
         const char *dfhack_version()
@@ -24,6 +25,23 @@ namespace DFHack {
         {
             return DFHACK_GIT_COMMIT;
         }
+        const char *git_xml_commit()
+        {
+            return DFHACK_GIT_XML_COMMIT;
+        }
+        const char *git_xml_expected_commit()
+        {
+            return DFHACK_GIT_XML_EXPECTED_COMMIT;
+        }
+
+        bool git_xml_match()
+        {
+        #ifdef DFHACK_GIT_XML_MATCH
+            return true;
+        #else
+            return false;
+        #endif
+        }
 
         bool is_release()
         {
diff --git a/library/LuaApi.cpp b/library/LuaApi.cpp
index ba9591719..abf4d4c7f 100644
--- a/library/LuaApi.cpp
+++ b/library/LuaApi.cpp
@@ -1417,6 +1417,9 @@ static const LuaWrapper::FunctionReg dfhack_module[] = {
     WRAP_VERSION_FUNC(getCompiledDFVersion, df_version),
     WRAP_VERSION_FUNC(getGitDescription, git_description),
     WRAP_VERSION_FUNC(getGitCommit, git_commit),
+    WRAP_VERSION_FUNC(getGitXmlCommit, git_xml_commit),
+    WRAP_VERSION_FUNC(getGitXmlExpectedCommit, git_xml_expected_commit),
+    WRAP_VERSION_FUNC(gitXmlMatch, git_xml_match),
     WRAP_VERSION_FUNC(isRelease, is_release),
     WRAP_VERSION_FUNC(isPrerelease, is_prerelease),
     { NULL, NULL }
diff --git a/library/git-describe.cmake b/library/git-describe.cmake
index e1216edad..9a22617ad 100644
--- a/library/git-describe.cmake
+++ b/library/git-describe.cmake
@@ -8,16 +8,34 @@ execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --tags --exact-match
     WORKING_DIRECTORY "${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}"
     RESULT_VARIABLE DFHACK_GIT_TAGGED_RESULT
     OUTPUT_QUIET ERROR_QUIET)
-string(STRIP ${DFHACK_GIT_DESCRIPTION} DFHACK_GIT_DESCRIPTION)
-file(WRITE ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/library/include/git-describe.tmp.h
-    "#define DFHACK_GIT_DESCRIPTION \"${DFHACK_GIT_DESCRIPTION}\"\n")
-string(STRIP ${DFHACK_GIT_COMMIT} DFHACK_GIT_COMMIT)
-file(APPEND ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/library/include/git-describe.tmp.h
-    "#define DFHACK_GIT_COMMIT \"${DFHACK_GIT_COMMIT}\"\n")
+
+# Check library/xml for matching commits
+execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse HEAD:library/xml
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}"
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE DFHACK_GIT_XML_EXPECTED_COMMIT)
+execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse HEAD
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/library/xml"
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE DFHACK_GIT_XML_COMMIT)
+
+set(git_describe_tmp_h ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/library/include/git-describe.tmp.h)
+set(git_describe_h ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/library/include/git-describe.h)
+
+file(WRITE ${git_describe_tmp_h} "")
+
+macro(git_describe_definition var)
+    string(STRIP "${${var}}" GIT_DEF_VALUE)
+    file(APPEND ${git_describe_tmp_h} "#define ${var} \"${GIT_DEF_VALUE}\"\n")
+endmacro()
+
+git_describe_definition(DFHACK_GIT_DESCRIPTION)
+git_describe_definition(DFHACK_GIT_COMMIT)
+git_describe_definition(DFHACK_GIT_XML_EXPECTED_COMMIT)
+git_describe_definition(DFHACK_GIT_XML_COMMIT)
 if(${DFHACK_GIT_TAGGED_RESULT} EQUAL 0)
-    file(APPEND ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/library/include/git-describe.tmp.h
-        "#define DFHACK_GIT_TAGGED\n")
+    file(APPEND ${git_describe_tmp_h} "#define DFHACK_GIT_TAGGED\n")
+endif()
+if(${DFHACK_GIT_XML_COMMIT} STREQUAL ${DFHACK_GIT_XML_EXPECTED_COMMIT})
+    file(APPEND ${git_describe_tmp_h} "#define DFHACK_GIT_XML_MATCH\n")
 endif()
 execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
-    ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/library/include/git-describe.tmp.h
-    ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/library/include/git-describe.h)
+    ${git_describe_tmp_h} ${git_describe_h})
diff --git a/library/include/DFHackVersion.h b/library/include/DFHackVersion.h
index 67bf35df1..afe8a03a0 100644
--- a/library/include/DFHackVersion.h
+++ b/library/include/DFHackVersion.h
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ namespace DFHack {
         const char *dfhack_release();
         const char *git_description();
         const char *git_commit();
+        const char *git_xml_commit();
+        const char *git_xml_expected_commit();
+        bool git_xml_match();
         bool is_release();
         bool is_prerelease();
     }
@@ -17,6 +20,9 @@ namespace DFHack {
     #define DFHACK_VERSION (DFHack::Version::dfhack_version())
     #define DFHACK_GIT_DESCRIPTION (DFHack::Version::git_description())
     #define DFHACK_GIT_COMMIT (DFHack::Version::git_commit())
+    #define DFHACK_GIT_XML_COMMIT (DFHack::Version::git_xml_commit())
+    #define DFHACK_GIT_XML_EXPECTED_COMMIT (DFHack::Version::git_xml_expected_commit())
+    #define DFHACK_GIT_XML_MATCH (DFHack::Version::git_xml_match())
     #define DFHACK_IS_RELEASE (DFHack::Version::is_release())
     #define DFHACK_IS_PRERELEASE (DFHack::Version::is_prerelease())
 #endif