diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fa9c2a812..ec565f369 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ log_since_last_release:
 
 upload_beta:
 	rclone --config bin/travis.rclone.conf -v copy --exclude '*beta-latest*' build/ memstore:beta-rclone-org/$(TAG)
-	rclone --config bin/travis.rclone.conf -v copy --include '*beta-latest*' build/ memstore:beta-rclone-org
+	rclone --config bin/travis.rclone.conf -v copy --include '*beta-latest*' --include version.txt build/ memstore:beta-rclone-org
 	@echo Beta release ready at $(BETA_URL)
 
 compile_all:
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ travis_beta:
 	git log $(LAST_TAG).. > /tmp/git-log.txt
 	go run bin/cross-compile.go -release beta-latest -git-log /tmp/git-log.txt -exclude "^windows/" -parallel 8 $(BUILDTAGS) $(TAG)β
 	rclone --config bin/travis.rclone.conf -v copy --exclude '*beta-latest*' build/ memstore:beta-rclone-org/$(TAG)
-	rclone --config bin/travis.rclone.conf -v copy --include '*beta-latest*' build/ memstore:beta-rclone-org
+	rclone --config bin/travis.rclone.conf -v copy --include '*beta-latest*' --include version.txt build/ memstore:beta-rclone-org
 	@echo Beta release ready at $(BETA_URL)
 
 # Fetch the windows builds from appveyor
diff --git a/bin/cross-compile.go b/bin/cross-compile.go
index bd8dcf954..90beff4d6 100644
--- a/bin/cross-compile.go
+++ b/bin/cross-compile.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -198,5 +200,9 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Couldn't cd into build dir: %v", err)
 	}
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile("version.txt", []byte(fmt.Sprintf("rclone %s\n", version)), 0666)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Couldn't write version.txt: %v", err)
+	}
 	compile(version)
 }