diff --git a/apphandler.C b/apphandler.C
index fc6c811..53a83d3 100644
--- a/apphandler.C
+++ b/apphandler.C
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 
 void register_netfn_app_functions() __attribute__((constructor));
 
+#define DEVICE_FW1 2
+#define DEVICE_FW2 3
+#define DEVICE_AUX 11
+
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Called by Host on seeing a SMS_ATN bit set. Return a hardcoded 
 // value of 0x2 indicating we need Host read some data.
@@ -91,23 +95,104 @@
     return rc;
 }
 
+
+typedef struct
+{
+    char major;
+    char minor;
+    uint8_t d[4];
+} rev_t;
+
+
+/* Currently only supports the vx.x-x-[-x] format Will return -1 if not in  */
+/* the format this routine knows how to parse                               */
+/* version = v0.6-19-gf363f61-dirty                                         */
+/*            ^ ^ ^^          ^                                             */
+/*            | |  |----------|-- additional details                        */
+/*            | |---------------- Minor                                     */
+/*            |------------------ Major                                     */
+/* Additional details : If the option group exists it will force Auxiliary  */
+/* Firmware Revision Information 4th byte to 1 indicating the build was     */
+/* derived with additional edits                                            */
+int convert_version(const char *p, rev_t *rev)
+{
+    char *s, *token;
+    char hexbyte[5];
+    int l;
+
+    if (*p != 'v')
+        return -1;
+    p++;
+
+    s = strdup(p);
+    token = strtok(s,".-");
+
+    rev->major = (int8_t) atoi(token);
+
+    token = strtok(NULL, ".-");
+    rev->minor = (int8_t) atoi(token);
+
+    // Capture the number of commits on top of the minor tag.
+    // I'm using BE format like the ipmi spec asked for
+    token = strtok(NULL,".-");
+    l = strlen(token);
+    if (l > 4)
+        l = 4;
+
+    memset(hexbyte,'0', 4);
+    memcpy(&hexbyte[4-l], token, l);
+    sscanf(&hexbyte[0], "%2hhX", &rev->d[0]);
+    sscanf(&hexbyte[2], "%2hhX", &rev->d[1]);
+
+    rev->d[2] = 0;
+
+    // commit number we skip
+    token = strtok(NULL,".-");
+
+    // Any value of the optional parameter forces it to 1
+    token = strtok(NULL,".-");
+        rev->d[3] = (token != NULL) ? 1 : 0;
+
+    free(s);
+    return 0;
+}
+
 ipmi_ret_t ipmi_app_get_device_id(ipmi_netfn_t netfn, ipmi_cmd_t cmd,
                              ipmi_request_t request, ipmi_response_t response,
                              ipmi_data_len_t data_len, ipmi_context_t context)
 {
     ipmi_ret_t rc = IPMI_CC_OK;
+    const char  *busname = "org.openbmc.Inventory";
+    const char  *objname = "/org/openbmc/inventory/system/chassis/motherboard/bmc";
+    const char  *iface   = "org.openbmc.InventoryItem";
+    char *ver = NULL;
+    int r;
+    rev_t rev = {0};
 
     // TODO:
     // This value is the IANA number assigned to "IBM Platform Firmware
     // Division", which is also used by our service processor.  We may want
     // a different number or at least a different version?
-    uint8_t str[] = {0x00, 0, 1, 1,2, 0xD, 0x41, 0xA7, 0x00, 0x43, 0x40};
+    uint8_t dev_id[] = {0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0xD, 0x41, 0xA7, 0x00, 0x43, 0x40, 0, 0, 0, 0};
 
     // Data length
-    *data_len = sizeof(str);
+    *data_len = sizeof(dev_id);
+
+    r = sd_bus_get_property_string(bus,busname,objname,iface,"version", NULL, &ver);
+    if ( r < 0 ) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to obtain version property: %s\n", strerror(-r));
+    } else {
+        r = convert_version(ver, &rev);
+        if( r >= 0 ) {
+            // bit7 identifies state of SDR repository, hence the mask
+            dev_id[DEVICE_FW1] |= 0x7F & rev.major;
+            dev_id[DEVICE_FW2] = rev.minor;
+            memcpy(&dev_id[DEVICE_AUX], rev.d, 4);
+        }
+    }
 
     // Pack the actual response
-    memcpy(response, &str, *data_len);
+    memcpy(response, &dev_id, *data_len);
     return rc;
 }