diff --git a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/VersionUtil.java b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/VersionUtil.java
index 9972023ad21..a6a8d37214d 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/VersionUtil.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/VersionUtil.java
@@ -37,11 +37,16 @@ public class VersionUtil {
 	private static String ourVersion;
 	private static String ourBuildNumber;
 	private static String ourBuildTime;
+	private static boolean ourSnapshot;
 
 	static {
 		initialize();
 	}
 
+	public static boolean isSnapshot() {
+		return ourSnapshot;
+	}
+
 	public static String getBuildNumber() {
 		return ourBuildNumber;
 	}
@@ -65,11 +70,18 @@ public class VersionUtil {
 			ourVersion = p.getProperty("hapifhir.version");
 			ourVersion = defaultIfBlank(ourVersion, "(unknown)");
 
-			ourBuildNumber = p.getProperty("hapifhir.buildnumber");
+			ourSnapshot = ourVersion.contains("SNAPSHOT");
+
+			ourBuildNumber = StringUtils.left(p.getProperty("hapifhir.buildnumber"), 10);
 			ourBuildTime = p.getProperty("hapifhir.timestamp");
 
 			if (System.getProperty("suppress_hapi_fhir_version_log") == null) {
-				ourLog.info("HAPI FHIR version {} - Rev {}", ourVersion, StringUtils.right(ourBuildNumber, 10));
+				String buildNumber = ourBuildNumber;
+				if (isSnapshot()) {
+					buildNumber = buildNumber + "/" + getBuildDate();
+				}
+
+				ourLog.info("HAPI FHIR version {} - Rev {}", ourVersion, buildNumber);
 			}
 
 		} catch (Exception e) {
@@ -77,4 +89,8 @@ public class VersionUtil {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public static String getBuildDate() {
+		return ourBuildTime.substring(0, 10);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/5_3_0/2213-improve-version-logging.yaml b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/5_3_0/2213-improve-version-logging.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bdafe4265ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/changelog/5_3_0/2213-improve-version-logging.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+type: add
+issue: 2213
+title: "Non release (i.e. SNAPSHOT) builds of HAPI FHIR will now include the Git revision hash as well as the build date in the 
+   version string that is logged on initialization, and included in the default server X-Powered-By string. Release builds are
+   not affected by this change."
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-server/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/RestfulServer.java b/hapi-fhir-server/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/RestfulServer.java
index 1ca9bd36573..c7f3c398163 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-server/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/RestfulServer.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-server/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/RestfulServer.java
@@ -299,7 +299,11 @@ public class RestfulServer extends HttpServlet implements IRestfulServer<Servlet
 	 * @see #createPoweredByHeader()
 	 */
 	protected String createPoweredByHeaderProductVersion() {
-		return VersionUtil.getVersion();
+		String version = VersionUtil.getVersion();
+		if (VersionUtil.isSnapshot()) {
+			version = version + "/" + VersionUtil.getBuildNumber() + "/" + VersionUtil.getBuildDate();
+		}
+		return version;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2.1/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/MetadataConformanceDstu2_1Test.java b/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2.1/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/MetadataConformanceDstu2_1Test.java
index c6559c7a9a1..3f3c53b543f 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2.1/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/MetadataConformanceDstu2_1Test.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2.1/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/MetadataConformanceDstu2_1Test.java
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ public class MetadataConformanceDstu2_1Test {
 			output = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 			assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
 			assertThat(output, containsString("<Conformance"));
-			assertEquals("HAPI FHIR " + VersionUtil.getVersion() + " REST Server (FHIR Server; FHIR " + FhirVersionEnum.DSTU2_1.getFhirVersionString() + "/DSTU2_1)", status.getFirstHeader("X-Powered-By").getValue());
+			assertThat(status.getFirstHeader("X-Powered-By").getValue(), containsString("HAPI FHIR " + VersionUtil.getVersion()));
+			assertThat(status.getFirstHeader("X-Powered-By").getValue(), containsString("REST Server (FHIR Server; FHIR " + ourCtx.getVersion().getVersion().getFhirVersionString() + "/" + ourCtx.getVersion().getVersion().name() + ")"));
 		} finally {
 			IOUtils.closeQuietly(status.getEntity().getContent());
 		}
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ public class MetadataConformanceDstu2_1Test {
 			status = ourClient.execute(httpPost);
 			output = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 			assertEquals(405, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
-			assertEquals("<OperationOutcome xmlns=\"http://hl7.org/fhir\"><issue><severity value=\"error\"/><code value=\"processing\"/><diagnostics value=\"/metadata request must use HTTP GET\"/></issue></OperationOutcome>", output);
+			assertThat(status.getFirstHeader("X-Powered-By").getValue(), containsString("REST Server (FHIR Server; FHIR " + ourCtx.getVersion().getVersion().getFhirVersionString() + "/" + ourCtx.getVersion().getVersion().name() + ")"));
 		} finally {
 			IOUtils.closeQuietly(status.getEntity().getContent());
 		}
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu3/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/MetadataCapabilityStatementDstu3Test.java b/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu3/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/MetadataCapabilityStatementDstu3Test.java
index 3c7923caf9b..5bc1aba18e1 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu3/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/MetadataCapabilityStatementDstu3Test.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu3/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/MetadataCapabilityStatementDstu3Test.java
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ public class MetadataCapabilityStatementDstu3Test {
 			output = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 			assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
 			assertThat(output, containsString("<CapabilityStatement"));
-			assertEquals("HAPI FHIR " + VersionUtil.getVersion() + " REST Server (FHIR Server; FHIR " + FhirVersionEnum.DSTU3.getFhirVersionString() + "/DSTU3)",
-				status.getFirstHeader("X-Powered-By").getValue());
+			assertThat(status.getFirstHeader("X-Powered-By").getValue(), containsString("HAPI FHIR " + VersionUtil.getVersion()));
+			assertThat(status.getFirstHeader("X-Powered-By").getValue(), containsString("REST Server (FHIR Server; FHIR " + ourCtx.getVersion().getVersion().getFhirVersionString() + "/" + ourCtx.getVersion().getVersion().name() + ")"));
 		} finally {
 			IOUtils.closeQuietly(status.getEntity().getContent());
 		}
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu3/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/MetadataConformanceDstu3Test.java b/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu3/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/MetadataConformanceDstu3Test.java
index 9735320759b..27496c6b870 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu3/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/MetadataConformanceDstu3Test.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu3/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/MetadataConformanceDstu3Test.java
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ public class MetadataConformanceDstu3Test {
 			output = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 			assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
 			assertThat(output, containsString("<CapabilityStatement"));
-			assertEquals("HAPI FHIR " + VersionUtil.getVersion() + " REST Server (FHIR Server; FHIR " + FhirVersionEnum.DSTU3.getFhirVersionString() + "/DSTU3)", status.getFirstHeader("X-Powered-By").getValue());
+			assertThat(status.getFirstHeader("X-Powered-By").getValue(), containsString("HAPI FHIR " + VersionUtil.getVersion()));
+			assertThat(status.getFirstHeader("X-Powered-By").getValue(), containsString("REST Server (FHIR Server; FHIR " + ourCtx.getVersion().getVersion().getFhirVersionString() + "/" + ourCtx.getVersion().getVersion().name() + ")"));
 		}
 
 		httpOperation = new HttpOptions("http://localhost:" + ourPort);
@@ -116,7 +117,8 @@ public class MetadataConformanceDstu3Test {
 			output = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 			assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
 			assertThat(output, containsString("<CapabilityStatement"));
-			assertEquals("HAPI FHIR " + VersionUtil.getVersion() + " REST Server (FHIR Server; FHIR " + FhirVersionEnum.DSTU3.getFhirVersionString() + "/DSTU3)", status.getFirstHeader("X-Powered-By").getValue());
+			assertThat(status.getFirstHeader("X-Powered-By").getValue(), containsString("HAPI FHIR " + VersionUtil.getVersion()));
+			assertThat(status.getFirstHeader("X-Powered-By").getValue(), containsString("REST Server (FHIR Server; FHIR " + ourCtx.getVersion().getVersion().getFhirVersionString() + "/" + ourCtx.getVersion().getVersion().name() + ")"));
 		}
 
 		httpOperation = new HttpPost("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/metadata");