diff --git a/scripts/build-headless.js b/scripts/build-headless.js
index b86a82e9c..8d43caa34 100644
--- a/scripts/build-headless.js
+++ b/scripts/build-headless.js
@@ -15,16 +15,19 @@ const {
   compile,
   compileDefaultPlugins,
   getVersionNumber,
+  genMercurialRevision,
 } = require('./build-utils.js');
 
 const PLUGINS_FOLDER_NAME = 'plugins';
 
-function preludeBundle(dir, versionNumber) {
+function preludeBundle(dir, versionNumber, buildRevision) {
+  const revisionStr =
+    buildRevision == null ? '' : `global.__REVISION__="${buildRevision}";`;
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
     lineReplace({
       file: path.join(dir, 'bundle.js'),
       line: 1,
-      text: `var __DEV__=false; global.electronRequire = require; global.performance = require("perf_hooks").performance;global.__VERSION__="${versionNumber}";`,
+      text: `var __DEV__=false; global.electronRequire = require; global.performance = require("perf_hooks").performance;global.__VERSION__="${versionNumber}";${revisionStr}`,
       addNewLine: true,
       callback: resolve,
     }),
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ async function createZip(buildDir, distDir, targets) {
 
     // write zip file
     zip.outputStream
-      .pipe(fs.createWriteStream(path.join(distDir, `Flipper-headless.zip`)))
+      .pipe(fs.createWriteStream(path.join(distDir, 'Flipper-headless.zip')))
       .on('close', resolve);
     zip.end();
   });
@@ -88,7 +91,8 @@ async function createZip(buildDir, distDir, targets) {
   console.log('Created build directory', buildDir);
   await compile(buildDir, path.join(__dirname, '..', 'headless', 'index.js'));
   const versionNumber = getVersionNumber();
-  await preludeBundle(buildDir, versionNumber);
+  const buildRevision = await genMercurialRevision();
+  await preludeBundle(buildDir, versionNumber, buildRevision);
   await compileDefaultPlugins(path.join(buildDir, PLUGINS_FOLDER_NAME));
   await createBinary([
     path.join(buildDir, 'bundle.js'),
diff --git a/scripts/build-release.js b/scripts/build-release.js
index f38da54d1..426ab9db3 100755
--- a/scripts/build-release.js
+++ b/scripts/build-release.js
@@ -7,14 +7,15 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const builder = require('electron-builder');
-const cp = require('child-process-es6-promise');
 const Platform = builder.Platform;
+const cp = require('child-process-es6-promise');
 const {
   buildFolder,
   compile,
   die,
   compileDefaultPlugins,
   getVersionNumber,
+  genMercurialRevision,
 } = require('./build-utils.js');
 
 function generateManifest(versionNumber) {
@@ -31,14 +32,6 @@ function generateManifest(versionNumber) {
   );
 }
 
-// Asynchronously determine current mercurial revision as string or `null` in case of any error.
-function genMercurialRevision() {
-  return cp
-    .spawn('hg', ['log', '-r', '.', '-T', '{node}'])
-    .catch(err => null)
-    .then(res => (res && res.stdout) || null);
-}
-
 function modifyPackageManifest(buildFolder, versionNumber, hgRevision) {
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
   console.log('Creating package.json manifest');
diff --git a/scripts/build-utils.js b/scripts/build-utils.js
index dbdd9ca2c..e583edd55 100644
--- a/scripts/build-utils.js
+++ b/scripts/build-utils.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const compilePlugins = require('../static/compilePlugins');
 const tmp = require('tmp');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
+const cp = require('child-process-es6-promise');
 
 function die(err) {
   console.error(err.stack);
@@ -98,10 +99,19 @@ function getVersionNumber() {
   return version;
 }
 
+// Asynchronously determine current mercurial revision as string or `null` in case of any error.
+function genMercurialRevision() {
+  return cp
+    .spawn('hg', ['log', '-r', '.', '-T', '{node}'])
+    .catch(err => null)
+    .then(res => (res && res.stdout) || null);
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   buildFolder,
   compile,
   die,
   compileDefaultPlugins,
   getVersionNumber,
+  genMercurialRevision,
 };
diff --git a/src/utils/packageMetadata.js b/src/utils/packageMetadata.js
index 5803a5083..f5cb25213 100644
--- a/src/utils/packageMetadata.js
+++ b/src/utils/packageMetadata.js
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ const getPackageJSON = async () => {
 
 export const readCurrentRevision: () => Promise<?string> = lodash.memoize(
   async () => {
+    // This is provided as part of the bundling process for headless.
+    if (global.__REVISION__) {
+      return global.__REVISION__;
+    }
     const json = await getPackageJSON();
     return json.revision;
   },
diff --git a/static/electron-stubs.notjs b/static/electron-stubs.notjs
index dd82c0a36..aa3b23af9 100644
--- a/static/electron-stubs.notjs
+++ b/static/electron-stubs.notjs
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
     },
     app: {
       getVersion: function() {return global.__VERSION__ || '1';},
-      getName: function() {return '';}
+      getName: function() {return '';},
+      getAppPath: function() {return process.cwd();}
     },
     shell: {
       openExternal: function() {}