diff --git a/src/logging.c b/src/logging.c
index d291e4f..d82b07b 100644
--- a/src/logging.c
+++ b/src/logging.c
@@ -404,6 +404,88 @@ void nwipe_perror( int nwipe_errno, const char* f, const char* s )
 
 } /* nwipe_perror */
 
+void nwipe_log_OSinfo()
+{
+    /* Read /proc/version, format and write to the log */
+
+    FILE* fp = NULL;
+    char OS_info_temp[MAX_SIZE_OS_STRING + 1];
+    char OS_info[MAX_SIZE_OS_STRING + 1];
+    int idx;
+    int idx2;
+    int idx3;
+    int idx4;
+
+    /* initialise OS_info & OS_info_temp strings */
+    idx = 0;
+    while( idx < MAX_SIZE_OS_STRING + 1 )
+    {
+        OS_info_temp[idx] = 0;
+        OS_info[idx] = 0;
+        idx++;
+    }
+
+    /* Open a pipe to /proc/version for reading */
+    fp = popen( "cat /proc/version", "r" );
+    if( fp == NULL )
+    {
+        nwipe_log( NWIPE_LOG_WARNING, "Unable to create a pipe to /proc/version" );
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* Read the OS info */
+    if( fgets( OS_info_temp, MAX_SIZE_OS_STRING, fp ) == NULL )
+    {
+        nwipe_log( NWIPE_LOG_WARNING, "fget failed to read /proc/version" );
+        fclose( fp );
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* Format the string for the log, place on multiple lines as necessary,
+     * column aligned, left offset with n (OS_info_Line_offset) spaces */
+    idx = 0;
+    idx2 = 0;
+    idx3 = OS_info_Line_Length;
+
+    while( OS_info_temp[idx] != 0 )
+    {
+        while( idx2 < idx3 && idx2 < MAX_SIZE_OS_STRING )
+        {
+            /* remove newlines from the source */
+            if( OS_info_temp[idx] == 0x0a )
+            {
+                idx++;
+            }
+
+            /* copy the character */
+            OS_info[idx2++] = OS_info_temp[idx++];
+        }
+        if( OS_info_temp[idx] != 0 )
+        {
+            OS_info[idx2++] = 0x0a;
+            idx4 = 0;
+
+            /* left indent with spaces */
+            while( idx4 < OS_info_Line_offset && idx2 < MAX_SIZE_OS_STRING )
+            {
+                OS_info[idx2++] = ' ';
+                idx4++;
+            }
+
+            /* calculate idx3 ready for next line */
+            idx3 += OS_info_Line_offset + OS_info_Line_Length;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+    }
+
+    nwipe_log( NWIPE_LOG_INFO, "%s", OS_info );
+    fclose( fp );
+    return;
+}
+
 int nwipe_log_sysinfo()
 {
     FILE* fp;
diff --git a/src/logging.h b/src/logging.h
index 4af0a38..bba9152 100644
--- a/src/logging.h
+++ b/src/logging.h
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 /* Maximum size of a log message */
 #define MAX_LOG_LINE_CHARS 512
 
+#define MAX_SIZE_OS_STRING 512 /* Maximum size of acceptable OS string */
+#define OS_info_Line_offset 31 /* OS_info line offset in log */
+#define OS_info_Line_Length 48 /* OS_info line length */
+
 typedef enum nwipe_log_t_ {
     NWIPE_LOG_NONE = 0,
     NWIPE_LOG_DEBUG,  // TODO:  Very verbose logging.
@@ -38,6 +42,7 @@ typedef enum nwipe_log_t_ {
 
 void nwipe_log( nwipe_log_t level, const char* format, ... );
 void nwipe_perror( int nwipe_errno, const char* f, const char* s );
+void nwipe_log_OSinfo();
 int nwipe_log_sysinfo();
 void nwipe_log_summary( nwipe_context_t**, int );  // This produces the wipe status table on exit
 void Determine_C_B_nomenclature( u64, char*, int );
diff --git a/src/nwipe.c b/src/nwipe.c
index a16aae3..2c9c851 100644
--- a/src/nwipe.c
+++ b/src/nwipe.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 
 #include <parted/parted.h>
 #include <parted/debug.h>
+#include "version.h"
 
 int terminate_signal;
 int user_abort;
@@ -72,6 +73,12 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
     /* The generic result buffer. */
     int r;
 
+    /* Log nwipes version */
+    nwipe_log( NWIPE_LOG_INFO, "%s", banner );
+
+    /* Log OS info */
+    nwipe_log_OSinfo();
+
     /* Initialise the termintaion signal, 1=terminate nwipe */
     terminate_signal = 0;
 
@@ -119,7 +126,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
         if( nwipe_enumerated == 0 )
         {
             nwipe_log( NWIPE_LOG_ERROR, "Devices not found. Check you're not excluding drives unnecessarily." );
-            printf( "No drives found" );
+            printf( "No drives found\n" );
             cleanup();
             exit( 1 );
         }