diff --git a/.changeset/wild-corners-lie.md b/.changeset/wild-corners-lie.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27ffd3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wild-corners-lie.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"draupnir": patch
+---
+
+Add branch information to status command output.
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b5d5d8c..fb4533b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ venv/
 
 /db
 
-# version file generated from yarn build
+# version file generated from npm build
 version.txt
+# branch file generated from npm build
+branch.txt
+
 # Logs
 logs
 *.log
diff --git a/apps/draupnir/package.json b/apps/draupnir/package.json
index a33abf5..121ec35 100644
--- a/apps/draupnir/package.json
+++ b/apps/draupnir/package.json
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc --project test/tsconfig.json && npm run build:assets",
-    "build:assets": "cp src/protections/DraupnirNews/news.json dist/protections/DraupnirNews/news.json && npm run describe-version",
+    "build:assets": "cp src/protections/DraupnirNews/news.json dist/protections/DraupnirNews/news.json && npm run describe-version && npm run describe-branch",
     "describe-version": "(git describe > version.txt.tmp && mv version.txt.tmp version.txt) || true && rm -f version.txt.tmp",
+    "describe-branch": "(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD > branch.txt.tmp && mv branch.txt.tmp branch.txt) || true && rm -f branch.txt.tmp",
     "harness-registration": "node dist/appservice/cli.js -r -u \"http://host.docker.internal:9000\" --enable-source-maps",
     "test:unit": "mocha --require './test/tsnode.cjs' --forbid-only 'test/unit/**/*.{ts,tsx}'",
     "test:unit:single": "mocha --require test/tsnode.cjs",
diff --git a/apps/draupnir/src/commands/StatusCommand.tsx b/apps/draupnir/src/commands/StatusCommand.tsx
index 0662b25..a838c2a 100644
--- a/apps/draupnir/src/commands/StatusCommand.tsx
+++ b/apps/draupnir/src/commands/StatusCommand.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@
 // https://github.com/matrix-org/mjolnir
 // </text>
 
-import { DOCUMENTATION_URL, PACKAGE_JSON, SOFTWARE_VERSION } from "../config";
+import {
+  CURRENT_BRANCH,
+  DOCUMENTATION_URL,
+  PACKAGE_JSON,
+  SOFTWARE_VERSION,
+} from "../config";
 import {
   ActionResult,
   Ok,
@@ -51,6 +56,7 @@ export type StatusInfo = {
   numberOfProtectedRooms: number;
   numberOfUniqueMembers: number;
   version: string;
+  branch: string;
   repository: string;
   documentationURL: string;
 } & DraupnirNotificationRoomsInfo &
@@ -135,6 +141,7 @@ export function draupnirStatusInfo(draupnir: Draupnir): StatusInfo {
     subscribedButPartedLists: watchedListInfo.subscribedButPartedLists,
     documentationURL: DOCUMENTATION_URL,
     version: SOFTWARE_VERSION,
+    branch: CURRENT_BRANCH,
     repository: (PACKAGE_JSON["repository"] as string | undefined) ?? "Unknown",
     ...extractProtectionNotificationRooms(draupnir),
   };
@@ -231,6 +238,9 @@ export function renderStatusInfo(info: StatusInfo): DocumentNode {
       <b>Version: </b>
       <code>{info.version}</code>
       <br />
+      <b>Branch: </b>
+      <code>{info.branch}</code>
+      <br />
       <b>Repository: </b>
       <code>{info.repository}</code>
       <br />
diff --git a/apps/draupnir/src/config.ts b/apps/draupnir/src/config.ts
index e793908..b192929 100644
--- a/apps/draupnir/src/config.ts
+++ b/apps/draupnir/src/config.ts
@@ -471,6 +471,24 @@ export const SOFTWARE_VERSION = (() => {
   return /^(.*)$/m.exec(versionFile)?.at(0) ?? defaultText;
 })();
 
+export const CURRENT_BRANCH = (() => {
+  let branchFile;
+  const defaultText =
+    "A branch name was either not provided when building Draupnir or could not be read.";
+  try {
+    branchFile = fs.readFileSync(
+      path.join(__dirname, "../branch.txt"),
+      "utf-8"
+    );
+  } catch (e) {
+    LogService.error("config", "Could not read Draupnir branch", e);
+    branchFile = defaultText;
+  }
+  // it's important to ignore the newline if the branch is going to be put
+  // into <pre> or <code> where it will create an unnecessary newline.
+  return /^(.*)$/m.exec(branchFile)?.at(0) ?? defaultText;
+})();
+
 export const DOCUMENTATION_URL =
   "https://the-draupnir-project.github.io/draupnir-documentation/";