diff --git a/app/helpers/version_check_helper.rb b/app/helpers/version_check_helper.rb
index 75637eb067697ab225c4482eb52eead966e98801..ab77b1490729740b53db0bf1bfeacced40b8c040 100644
--- a/app/helpers/version_check_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/version_check_helper.rb
@@ -9,4 +9,17 @@ module VersionCheckHelper
     image_url = VersionCheck.new.url
     image_tag image_url, class: 'js-version-status-badge'
   end
+
+  def link_to_version
+    if Gitlab.pre_release?
+      commit_link = link_to(Gitlab.revision, Gitlab::COM_URL + namespace_project_commits_path('gitlab-org', source_code_project, Gitlab.revision))
+      [Gitlab::VERSION, content_tag(:small, commit_link)].join(' ').html_safe
+    else
+      link_to Gitlab::VERSION, Gitlab::COM_URL + namespace_project_tag_path('gitlab-org', source_code_project, "v#{Gitlab::VERSION}")
+    end
+  end
+
+  def source_code_project
+    'gitlab-ce'
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/help/index.html.haml b/app/views/help/index.html.haml
index 198c2d35b29e60e2fe823fa65d0c57bf92a2caec..dfa5d820ce932628bfde9c778bd1024c9adce3c3 100644
--- a/app/views/help/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/help/index.html.haml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   GitLab
   Community Edition
   - if user_signed_in?
-    %span= link_to Gitlab::VERSION, Gitlab::COM_URL + namespace_project_tag_path('gitlab-org', 'gitlab-ce', "v#{Gitlab::VERSION}")
+    %span= link_to_version
     = version_status_badge
   %hr
 
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/bvl-show-pre-release-sha.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/bvl-show-pre-release-sha.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..524b3c374f70e041f1383e86e76baa197434101f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/bvl-show-pre-release-sha.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Show SHA for pre-release versions on the help page
+merge_request: 22026
+author:
+type: changed
diff --git a/lib/gitlab.rb b/lib/gitlab.rb
index ab6b609d09979b6569d11f8a35a37e305cf4a4c2..7790534d5d78091cbcdde972d518d3b143cb0b8a 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab.rb
@@ -47,4 +47,8 @@ module Gitlab
   def self.dev_env_or_com?
     Rails.env.development? || org? || com?
   end
+
+  def self.pre_release?
+    VERSION.include?('pre')
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/support/stub_version.rb b/spec/support/stub_version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..594ab64e7c6c8edf379dcfa17dd3503fe9dc4d7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/stub_version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module StubVersion
+  def stub_version(version, revision)
+    stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', version)
+    allow(Gitlab).to receive(:revision).and_return(revision)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/views/help/index.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/help/index.html.haml_spec.rb
index c8c9c4e773dd94cbdd235ce5669404985503f25c..34e93d929a7603764b02e1f7f548a204e44d95cb 100644
--- a/spec/views/help/index.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/help/index.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
 require 'rails_helper'
 
 describe 'help/index' do
+  include StubVersion
+
   describe 'version information' do
+    before do
+      stub_helpers
+    end
+
     it 'is hidden from guests' do
       stub_user(nil)
       stub_version('8.0.2', 'abcdefg')
-      stub_helpers
 
       render
 
@@ -13,15 +20,28 @@ describe 'help/index' do
       expect(rendered).not_to match 'abcdefg'
     end
 
-    it 'is shown to users' do
-      stub_user
-      stub_version('8.0.2', 'abcdefg')
-      stub_helpers
+    context 'when logged in' do
+      before do
+        stub_user
+      end
 
-      render
+      it 'shows a link to the tag to users' do
+        stub_version('8.0.2', 'abcdefg')
+
+        render
+
+        expect(rendered).to match '8.0.2'
+        expect(rendered).to have_link('8.0.2', href: %r{https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-(ce|ee)/tags/v8.0.2})
+      end
+
+      it 'shows a link to the commit for pre-releases' do
+        stub_version('8.0.2-pre', 'abcdefg')
 
-      expect(rendered).to match '8.0.2'
-      expect(rendered).to have_link('8.0.2', href: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/tags/v8.0.2')
+        render
+
+        expect(rendered).to match '8.0.2'
+        expect(rendered).to have_link('abcdefg', href: %r{https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-(ce|ee)/commits/abcdefg})
+      end
     end
   end
 
@@ -37,11 +57,6 @@ describe 'help/index' do
     allow(view).to receive(:user_signed_in?).and_return(user)
   end
 
-  def stub_version(version, revision)
-    stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', version)
-    allow(Gitlab).to receive(:revision).and_return(revision)
-  end
-
   def stub_helpers
     allow(view).to receive(:markdown).and_return('')
     allow(view).to receive(:version_status_badge).and_return('')