diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 46df88bb26b180b6e4eedc7d11ceae2315818d6e..38b8448da288b78e6e337d09c2cd13eb1a986048 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ endif
 CCOPT= $(CFLAGS) $(CCLINK) $(ARCH) $(PROF)
 DEBUG?= -g -rdynamic -ggdb 
 
-OBJ = adlist.o ae.o anet.o dict.o redis.o sds.o zmalloc.o lzf_c.o lzf_d.o pqsort.o zipmap.o sha1.o ziplist.o
+OBJ = adlist.o ae.o anet.o dict.o redis.o sds.o zmalloc.o lzf_c.o lzf_d.o pqsort.o zipmap.o sha1.o ziplist.o release.o
 BENCHOBJ = ae.o anet.o redis-benchmark.o sds.o adlist.o zmalloc.o
 CLIOBJ = anet.o sds.o adlist.o redis-cli.o zmalloc.o linenoise.o
 CHECKDUMPOBJ = redis-check-dump.o lzf_c.o lzf_d.o
@@ -37,12 +37,10 @@ ae_kqueue.o: ae_kqueue.c
 ae_select.o: ae_select.c
 anet.o: anet.c fmacros.h anet.h
 dict.o: dict.c fmacros.h dict.h zmalloc.h
-dict2.o: dict2.c fmacros.h dict2.h zmalloc.h
 linenoise.o: linenoise.c fmacros.h
 lzf_c.o: lzf_c.c lzfP.h
 lzf_d.o: lzf_d.c lzfP.h
 pqsort.o: pqsort.c
-printraw.o: printraw.c
 redis-benchmark.o: redis-benchmark.c fmacros.h ae.h anet.h sds.h adlist.h \
   zmalloc.h
 redis-check-aof.o: redis-check-aof.c fmacros.h config.h
@@ -50,10 +48,13 @@ redis-check-dump.o: redis-check-dump.c lzf.h
 redis-cli.o: redis-cli.c fmacros.h anet.h sds.h adlist.h zmalloc.h \
   linenoise.h
 redis.o: redis.c fmacros.h config.h redis.h ae.h sds.h anet.h dict.h \
-  adlist.h zmalloc.h lzf.h pqsort.h zipmap.h staticsymbols.h sha1.h
+  adlist.h zmalloc.h lzf.h pqsort.h zipmap.h ziplist.h sha1.h release.h \
+  staticsymbols.h
+release.o: release.c release.h
 sds.o: sds.c sds.h zmalloc.h
+sha1.o: sha1.c sha1.h
+ziplist.o: ziplist.c zmalloc.h ziplist.h
 zipmap.o: zipmap.c zmalloc.h
-ziplist.o: ziplist.c zmalloc.h
 zmalloc.o: zmalloc.c config.h
 
 redis-server: $(OBJ)
diff --git a/redis.c b/redis.c
index 4f5f68a7c9a1caaf78e119931b928c159553c1cb..8f5e8f47f43bce8ec5502f479a6b147171b9cf69 100644
--- a/redis.c
+++ b/redis.c
@@ -575,6 +575,8 @@ typedef struct iojob {
 } iojob;
 
 /*================================ Prototypes =============================== */
+char *redisGitSHA1(void);
+char *redisGitDirty(void);
 
 static void freeStringObject(robj *o);
 static void freeListObject(robj *o);
@@ -7760,8 +7762,8 @@ static sds genRedisInfoString(void) {
         "vm_enabled:%d\r\n"
         "role:%s\r\n"
         ,REDIS_VERSION,
-        REDIS_GIT_SHA1,
-        strtol(REDIS_GIT_DIRTY,NULL,10) > 0,
+        redisGitSHA1(),
+        strtol(redisGitDirty(),NULL,10) > 0,
         (sizeof(long) == 8) ? "64" : "32",
         aeGetApiName(),
         (long) getpid(),
@@ -11442,7 +11444,7 @@ static void daemonize(void) {
 
 static void version() {
     printf("Redis server version %s (%s:%d)\n", REDIS_VERSION,
-        REDIS_GIT_SHA1, atoi(REDIS_GIT_DIRTY) > 0);
+        redisGitSHA1(), atoi(redisGitDirty()) > 0);
     exit(0);
 }
 
diff --git a/release.c b/release.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..64186ec4e1a82290e812217ae402513f451a2af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.c
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* Every time the Redis Git SHA1 or Dirty status changes only this file
+ * small file is recompiled, as we access this information in all the other
+ * files using this functions. */
+
+#include "release.h"
+
+char *redisGitSHA1(void) {
+    return REDIS_GIT_SHA1;
+}
+
+char *redisGitDirty(void) {
+    return REDIS_GIT_DIRTY;
+}