diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2e847214f2..bff2d5dfc3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -258,7 +258,10 @@ UNITTEST=unit_test$(EXE)
 ifdef RELEASE
 REV:=$(RELEASE)
 else
-REV := $(shell if test -d .svn; then svnversion . | awk '{ print "r"$$0 }'; fi)
+ifeq ($(shell if test -d .svn; then echo 1; fi), 1)
+REV_MODIFIED := $(shell svnversion . | grep -o M)
+REV := $(shell LC_ALL=C svn info | awk '/^URL:.*branch/ { BRANCH="-"a[split($$2, a, "/")] } /^Last Changed Rev:/ { REV="r"$$4"$(REV_MODIFIED)" } END { print REV BRANCH }')
+endif
 endif
 
 # define flag to use for -lrt (some OSes overwrites this later for compatibility)
diff --git a/network.h b/network.h
index a8456ddb13..9e86459aac 100644
--- a/network.h
+++ b/network.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 enum {
 	NETWORK_NAME_LENGTH        = 80,
 	NETWORK_HOSTNAME_LENGTH    = 80,
-	NETWORK_REVISION_LENGTH    = 10,
+	NETWORK_REVISION_LENGTH    = 15,
 	NETWORK_PASSWORD_LENGTH    = 20,
 	NETWORK_PLAYERS_LENGTH     = 200,
 	NETWORK_CLIENT_NAME_LENGTH = 25,