diff --git a/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/CompileTargets.cs b/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/CompileTargets.cs
index e24fdbd08..8322e9107 100644
--- a/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/CompileTargets.cs
+++ b/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/CompileTargets.cs
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
             // Run the build
             string rid = GetRuntimeId();
             string corehostSrcDir = Path.Combine(c.BuildContext.BuildDirectory, "src", "corehost");
+            string commitHash = c.BuildContext.Get<string>("CommitHash");
 
             if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
             {
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
                 var baseSupportedRid = $"win7-{arch}";
                 var cmakeHostPolicyVer = $"-DCLI_CMAKE_HOST_POLICY_VER:STRING={buildVersion.LatestHostPolicyVersion}";
                 var cmakeBaseRid = $"-DCLI_CMAKE_PKG_RID:STRING={baseSupportedRid}";
+                var cmakeCommitHash = $"-DCLI_CMAKE_COMMIT_HASH:STRING={commitHash}";
 
                 ExecIn(cmakeOut, "cmake",
                     corehostSrcDir,
@@ -184,6 +186,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
                     ridMacro,
                     cmakeHostPolicyVer,
                     cmakeBaseRid,
+                    cmakeCommitHash,
                     "-G",
                     visualStudio);
 
@@ -217,7 +220,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
                         "--policyver",
                         buildVersion.LatestHostPolicyVersion,
                         "--rid",
-                        rid);
+                        rid,
+                        "--commithash",
+                        commitHash);
 
                 // Copy the output out
                 File.Copy(Path.Combine(cmakeOut, "cli", "dotnet"), Path.Combine(Dirs.CorehostLatest, "dotnet"), overwrite: true);
diff --git a/src/corehost/build.sh b/src/corehost/build.sh
index cd35754b5..390762002 100755
--- a/src/corehost/build.sh
+++ b/src/corehost/build.sh
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ init_distro_name_and_rid()
 
 usage()
 {
-    echo "Usage: $0 --arch <Architecture> --rid <Runtime Identifier> --policyver <HostPolicy library version> [--xcompiler <Cross C++ Compiler>]"
+    echo "Usage: $0 --arch <Architecture> --rid <Runtime Identifier> --policyver <HostPolicy library version> --commithash <Git commit hash> [--xcompiler <Cross C++ Compiler>]"
     echo ""
     echo "Options:"
     echo "  --arch <Architecture>             Target Architecture (amd64, x86, arm)"
     echo "  --rid <Runtime Identifier>        Target Runtime Identifier"
     echo "  --policyver <HostPolicy version>  Version of the hostpolicy library"
+    echo "  --commithash <Git commit hash>   Current commit hash of the repo at build time"
     echo "  --xcompiler <Cross C++ Compiler>  Cross Compiler when the target is arm"
     echo "                                    e.g.) /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-g++-4.7"
 
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ __build_arch=
 __runtime_id=
 __policy_ver=
 __CrossBuild=0
+__commit_hash=
 
 while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
         lowerI="$(echo $1 | awk '{print tolower($0)}')"
@@ -73,6 +75,10 @@ while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
             shift
             __policy_ver=$1
             ;;
+        --commithash)
+            shift
+            __commit_hash=$1
+            ;;
         --xcompiler)
             shift
             __CrossCompiler="$1"
@@ -116,15 +122,20 @@ if [ -z $__rid_plat ]; then
     exit -1
 fi
 
+if [-z $__commit_hash ]; then
+    echo "Commit hash was not specified"
+    exit -1
+fi
+
 __build_arch_lowcase=$(echo "$__build_arch" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 __base_rid=$__rid_plat-$__build_arch_lowcase
 
 echo "Building Corehost from $DIR to $(pwd)"
 set -x # turn on trace
 if [ $__CrossBuild == 1 ]; then
-    cmake "$DIR" -G "Unix Makefiles" $__cmake_defines -DCLI_CMAKE_RUNTIME_ID:STRING=$__runtime_id -DCLI_CMAKE_HOST_POLICY_VER:STRING=$__policy_ver -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="$__CrossCompiler" -DCLI_CMAKE_PKG_RID:STRING=$__base_rid
+    cmake "$DIR" -G "Unix Makefiles" $__cmake_defines -DCLI_CMAKE_RUNTIME_ID:STRING=$__runtime_id -DCLI_CMAKE_HOST_POLICY_VER:STRING=$__policy_ver -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="$__CrossCompiler" -DCLI_CMAKE_PKG_RID:STRING=$__base_rid -DCLI_CMAKE_COMMIT_HASH:STRING=$__commit_hash
 else
-    cmake "$DIR" -G "Unix Makefiles" $__cmake_defines -DCLI_CMAKE_RUNTIME_ID:STRING=$__runtime_id -DCLI_CMAKE_HOST_POLICY_VER:STRING=$__policy_ver -DCLI_CMAKE_PKG_RID:STRING=$__base_rid
+    cmake "$DIR" -G "Unix Makefiles" $__cmake_defines -DCLI_CMAKE_RUNTIME_ID:STRING=$__runtime_id -DCLI_CMAKE_HOST_POLICY_VER:STRING=$__policy_ver -DCLI_CMAKE_PKG_RID:STRING=$__base_rid -DCLI_CMAKE_COMMIT_HASH:STRING=$__commit_hash
 fi
 set +x # turn off trace
 make
diff --git a/src/corehost/cli/fxr/hostfxr.cpp b/src/corehost/cli/fxr/hostfxr.cpp
index dcf9e6367..98bc32036 100644
--- a/src/corehost/cli/fxr/hostfxr.cpp
+++ b/src/corehost/cli/fxr/hostfxr.cpp
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ bool hostpolicy_exists_in_svc(pal::string_t* resolved_dir)
 SHARED_API int hostfxr_main(const int argc, const pal::char_t* argv[])
 {
     trace::setup();
+    
+    trace::info(_X("--- Invoked hostfxr [commit hash: %s] main"), _STRINGIFY(REPO_COMMIT_HASH));
 
     fx_muxer_t muxer;
     return muxer.execute(argc, argv);
diff --git a/src/corehost/cli/hostpolicy.cpp b/src/corehost/cli/hostpolicy.cpp
index 6e729436a..686883b59 100644
--- a/src/corehost/cli/hostpolicy.cpp
+++ b/src/corehost/cli/hostpolicy.cpp
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ SHARED_API int corehost_main(const int argc, const pal::char_t* argv[])
 {
     if (trace::is_enabled())
     {
-        trace::info(_X("--- Invoked policy [%s,%s,%s][%s] main = {"),
+        trace::info(_X("--- Invoked hostpolicy [commit hash: %s] [%s,%s,%s][%s] main = {"),
+            _STRINGIFY(REPO_COMMIT_HASH),
             _STRINGIFY(HOST_POLICY_PKG_NAME),
             _STRINGIFY(HOST_POLICY_PKG_VER),
             _STRINGIFY(HOST_POLICY_PKG_REL_DIR),
diff --git a/src/corehost/cli/setup.cmake b/src/corehost/cli/setup.cmake
index acea35b8e..ec07ca335 100644
--- a/src/corehost/cli/setup.cmake
+++ b/src/corehost/cli/setup.cmake
@@ -55,21 +55,28 @@ else()
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Unknown target architecture")
 endif()
 
-if(${CLI_CMAKE_RUNTIME_ID} STREQUAL "")
+if("${CLI_CMAKE_RUNTIME_ID}" STREQUAL "")
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Runtime ID not specified")
 else()
     add_definitions(-DTARGET_RUNTIME_ID="${CLI_CMAKE_RUNTIME_ID}")
 endif()
 
-if(${CLI_CMAKE_HOST_POLICY_VER} STREQUAL "")
+if("${CLI_CMAKE_HOST_POLICY_VER}" STREQUAL "")
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Host policy version is not specified")
 else()
     add_definitions(-DHOST_POLICY_PKG_VER="${CLI_CMAKE_HOST_POLICY_VER}")
 endif()
 
-if(${CLI_CMAKE_PKG_RID} STREQUAL "")
+if("${CLI_CMAKE_PKG_RID}" STREQUAL "")
     message(FATAL_ERROR "A minimum supported package rid is not specified (ex: win7-x86 or ubuntu.14.04-x64, osx.10.10-x64, rhel.7-x64)")
+else()
+    add_definitions(-DHOST_POLICY_PKG_NAME="runtime.${CLI_CMAKE_PKG_RID}.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostPolicy")
+    add_definitions(-DHOST_POLICY_PKG_REL_DIR="runtimes/${CLI_CMAKE_PKG_RID}/native")
+endif()
+
+if("${CLI_CMAKE_COMMIT_HASH}" STREQUAL "")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Commit hash needs to be specified to build the host")
+else()
+    add_definitions(-DREPO_COMMIT_HASH="${CLI_CMAKE_COMMIT_HASH}")
 endif()
 
-add_definitions(-DHOST_POLICY_PKG_NAME="runtime.${CLI_CMAKE_PKG_RID}.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostPolicy")
-add_definitions(-DHOST_POLICY_PKG_REL_DIR="runtimes/${CLI_CMAKE_PKG_RID}/native")
diff --git a/src/corehost/corehost.cpp b/src/corehost/corehost.cpp
index e68aa6a1b..a904a41c7 100644
--- a/src/corehost/corehost.cpp
+++ b/src/corehost/corehost.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ int main(const int argc, const pal::char_t* argv[])
 
     if (trace::is_enabled())
     {
-        trace::info(_X("--- Invoked host main = {"));
+        trace::info(_X("--- Invoked dotnet [commit hash: %s] main = {"), _STRINGIFY(REPO_COMMIT_HASH));
         for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
         {
             trace::info(_X("%s"), argv[i]);