diff --git a/src/gui/GoldenCheetah.pro b/src/gui/GoldenCheetah.pro
index 865d6c0d6..31dde99df 100644
--- a/src/gui/GoldenCheetah.pro
+++ b/src/gui/GoldenCheetah.pro
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ LIBS += -lm -lz
 macx {
     LIBS += -framework Carbon
 }
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS = -DGC_BUILD_DATE="`date +'\"%a_%b_%d,_%Y\"'`"
 
 # Input
 HEADERS += \
diff --git a/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp b/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 4fc136132..f21a726d4 100644
--- a/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(const QDir &home) :
     rideMenu->addAction(tr("&Import from SRM..."), this, 
                         SLOT(importSRM()), tr("Ctrl+I")); 
 
+    QMenu *helpMenu = menuBar()->addMenu(tr("&Help"));
+    helpMenu->addAction(tr("&About GoldenCheetah"), this, SLOT(aboutDialog()));
+
     if (last != NULL)
         treeWidget->setCurrentItem(last);
 }
@@ -656,3 +659,21 @@ MainWindow::pickerMoved(const QPoint &pos)
             curve_to_point(minutes, cpintPlot->getAllCurve())));
 }
 
+void
+MainWindow::aboutDialog()
+{
+    QMessageBox::about(this, tr("About GoldenCheetah"), tr(
+            "<center>"
+            "<h2>GoldenCheetah</h2>"
+            "<i>Cycling Power Analysis Software for Linux and Mac OS X</i>"
+            "<p><i>Build date: "
+            "") + QString(GC_BUILD_DATE).replace("_", " ") + ("</i>"
+            "</center>"
+            "<p>GoldenCheetah is licensed under the "
+            "<a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html\">GNU General "
+            "Public License</a>.  Source code can be obtained from "
+            "<a href=\"http://goldencheetah.org/\">"
+            "http://goldencheetah.org/</a>."
+            ));
+}
+
diff --git a/src/gui/MainWindow.h b/src/gui/MainWindow.h
index 33f1f926d..b21d2d537 100644
--- a/src/gui/MainWindow.h
+++ b/src/gui/MainWindow.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
         void setBinWidthFromLineEdit();
         void tabChanged(int index);
         void pickerMoved(const QPoint &);
+        void aboutDialog();
 
     private: