diff --git a/Makefile.src.in b/Makefile.src.in
index ef2d2bb503..6b0fb94020 100644
--- a/Makefile.src.in
+++ b/Makefile.src.in
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ ISODATE  := $(shell echo "$(VERSIONS)" | cut -f 2 -d'	')
 GITHASH  := $(shell echo "$(VERSIONS)" | cut -f 4 -d'	')
 ISTAG    := $(shell echo "$(VERSIONS)" | cut -f 5 -d'	')
 ISSTABLETAG := $(shell echo "$(VERSIONS)" | cut -f 6 -d'	')
+YEAR     := $(shell echo "$(VERSIONS)" | cut -f 7 -d'	')
 
 # Make sure we have something in VERSION and ISODATE
 ifeq ($(VERSION),)
@@ -272,10 +273,10 @@ endif
 # Revision files
 
 $(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp: $(CONFIG_CACHE_VERSION) $(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp.in
-	$(Q)cat $(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp.in      | sed "s@\!\!ISODATE\!\!@$(ISODATE)@g;s@!!VERSION!!@$(VERSION)@g;s@!!MODIFIED!!@$(MODIFIED)@g;s@!!DATE!!@`date +%d.%m.%y`@g;s@!!GITHASH!!@$(GITHASH)@g;s@!!ISTAG!!@$(ISTAG)@g;s@!!ISSTABLETAG!!@$(ISSTABLETAG)@g" > $(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp
+	$(Q)cat $(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp.in      | sed "s@\!\!ISODATE\!\!@$(ISODATE)@g;s@!!VERSION!!@$(VERSION)@g;s@!!MODIFIED!!@$(MODIFIED)@g;s@!!DATE!!@`date +%d.%m.%y`@g;s@!!GITHASH!!@$(GITHASH)@g;s@!!ISTAG!!@$(ISTAG)@g;s@!!ISSTABLETAG!!@$(ISSTABLETAG)@g;s@!!YEAR!!@$(YEAR)@g" > $(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp
 
 $(SRC_DIR)/os/windows/ottdres.rc: $(CONFIG_CACHE_VERSION) $(SRC_DIR)/os/windows/ottdres.rc.in
-	$(Q)cat $(SRC_DIR)/os/windows/ottdres.rc.in | sed "s@\!\!ISODATE\!\!@$(ISODATE)@g;s@!!VERSION!!@$(VERSION)@g;s@!!DATE!!@`date +%d.%m.%y`@g;s@!!GITHASH!!@$(GITHASH)@g;s@!!ISTAG!!@$(ISTAG)@g;s@!!ISSTABLETAG!!@$(ISSTABLETAG)@g" > $(SRC_DIR)/os/windows/ottdres.rc
+	$(Q)cat $(SRC_DIR)/os/windows/ottdres.rc.in | sed "s@\!\!ISODATE\!\!@$(ISODATE)@g;s@!!VERSION!!@$(VERSION)@g;s@!!DATE!!@`date +%d.%m.%y`@g;s@!!GITHASH!!@$(GITHASH)@g;s@!!ISTAG!!@$(ISTAG)@g;s@!!ISSTABLETAG!!@$(ISSTABLETAG)@g;s@!!YEAR!!@$(YEAR)@g" > $(SRC_DIR)/os/windows/ottdres.rc
 
 FORCE:
 
diff --git a/findversion.sh b/findversion.sh
index ce1390ab53..28fcc121f7 100755
--- a/findversion.sh
+++ b/findversion.sh
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ if [ -d "$ROOT_DIR/.git" ] || [ -f "$ROOT_DIR/.git" ]; then
 	HASH=`LC_ALL=C git rev-parse --verify HEAD 2>/dev/null`
 	SHORTHASH=`echo ${HASH} | cut -c1-10`
 	ISODATE=`LC_ALL=C git show -s --pretty='format:%ci' HEAD | "$AWK" '{ gsub("-", "", $1); print $1 }'`
+	YEAR=`echo ${ISODATE} | cut -c1-4`
 	BRANCH="`git symbolic-ref -q HEAD 2>/dev/null | sed 's@.*/@@'`"
 	TAG="`git name-rev --name-only --tags --no-undefined HEAD 2>/dev/null | sed 's@\^0$@@'`"
 
@@ -103,10 +104,11 @@ else
 	SHORTHASH=""
 	BRANCH=""
 	ISODATE=""
+	YEAR=""
 	TAG=""
 	VERSION=""
 	ISTAG="0"
 	ISSTABLETAG="0"
 fi
 
-echo "$VERSION	$ISODATE	$MODIFIED	$HASH	$ISTAG	$ISSTABLETAG"
+echo "$VERSION	$ISODATE	$MODIFIED	$HASH	$ISTAG	$ISSTABLETAG	$YEAR"
diff --git a/projects/determineversion.vbs b/projects/determineversion.vbs
index a85a085f29..b70bcdf67c 100755
--- a/projects/determineversion.vbs
+++ b/projects/determineversion.vbs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Sub FindReplaceInFile(filename, to_find, replacement)
 	file.Close
 End Sub
 
-Sub UpdateFile(modified, isodate, version, cur_date, githash, istag, isstabletag, filename)
+Sub UpdateFile(modified, isodate, version, cur_date, githash, istag, isstabletag, year, filename)
 	FSO.CopyFile filename & ".in", filename
 	FindReplaceInFile filename, "!!MODIFIED!!", modified
 	FindReplaceInFile filename, "!!ISODATE!!", isodate
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ Sub UpdateFile(modified, isodate, version, cur_date, githash, istag, isstabletag
 	FindReplaceInFile filename, "!!GITHASH!!", githash
 	FindReplaceInFile filename, "!!ISTAG!!", istag
 	FindReplaceInFile filename, "!!ISSTABLETAG!!", isstabletag
+	FindReplaceInFile filename, "!!YEAR!!", year
 End Sub
 
 Sub UpdateFiles(version)
-	Dim modified, isodate, cur_date, githash, istag, isstabletag
+	Dim modified, isodate, cur_date, githash, istag, isstabletag, year
 	cur_date = DatePart("D", Date) & "." & DatePart("M", Date) & "." & DatePart("YYYY", Date)
 
 	If InStr(version, Chr(9)) Then
@@ -41,26 +42,29 @@ Sub UpdateFiles(version)
 		githash  = Mid(modified, InStr(modified, Chr(9)) + 1)
 		istag    = Mid(githash, InStr(githash, Chr(9)) + 1)
 		isstabletag = Mid(istag, InStr(istag, Chr(9)) + 1)
+		year     = Mid(isstabletag, InStr(isstabletag, Chr(9)) + 1)
 		' Remove tails from fields
 		version  = Mid(version, 1, InStr(version, Chr(9)) - 1)
 		isodate  = Mid(isodate, 1, InStr(isodate, Chr(9)) - 1)
 		modified = Mid(modified, 1, InStr(modified, Chr(9)) - 1)
 		githash  = Mid(githash, 1, InStr(githash, Chr(9)) - 1)
 		istag    = Mid(istag, 1, InStr(istag, Chr(9)) - 1)
+		isstabletag = Mid(isstabletag, 1, InStr(isstabletag, Chr(9)) - 1)
 	Else
 		isodate = 0
 		modified = 1
 		githash = ""
 		istag = 0
 		isstabletag = 0
+		year = ""
 	End If
 
-	UpdateFile modified, isodate, version, cur_date, githash, istag, isstabletag, "../src/rev.cpp"
-	UpdateFile modified, isodate, version, cur_date, githash, istag, isstabletag, "../src/os/windows/ottdres.rc"
+	UpdateFile modified, isodate, version, cur_date, githash, istag, isstabletag, year, "../src/rev.cpp"
+	UpdateFile modified, isodate, version, cur_date, githash, istag, isstabletag, year, "../src/os/windows/ottdres.rc"
 End Sub
 
 Function DetermineVersion()
-	Dim WshShell, branch, tag, modified, isodate, oExec, line, hash, shorthash
+	Dim WshShell, branch, tag, modified, isodate, oExec, line, hash, shorthash, year
 	Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
 	On Error Resume Next
 
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@ Function DetermineVersion()
 	branch = ""
 	isodate = ""
 	tag = ""
+	year = ""
 
 	' Set the environment to english
 	WshShell.Environment("PROCESS")("LANG") = "en"
@@ -108,6 +113,7 @@ Function DetermineVersion()
 				if Err.Number = 0 Then
 					isodate = Mid(oExec.StdOut.ReadLine(), 1, 10)
 					isodate = Replace(isodate, "-", "")
+					year = Mid(isodate, 1, 4)
 				End If ' Err.Number = 0
 
 				' Check branch
@@ -171,7 +177,7 @@ Function DetermineVersion()
 			isstabletag = 0
 		End If
 
-		DetermineVersion = version & Chr(9) & isodate & Chr(9) & modified & Chr(9) & hash & Chr(9) & istag & Chr(9) & isstabletag
+		DetermineVersion = version & Chr(9) & isodate & Chr(9) & modified & Chr(9) & hash & Chr(9) & istag & Chr(9) & isstabletag & Chr(9) & year
 	End If
 End Function
 
diff --git a/src/lang/english.txt b/src/lang/english.txt
index 2a4ab1c280..93eaef5901 100644
--- a/src/lang/english.txt
+++ b/src/lang/english.txt
@@ -2736,7 +2736,7 @@ STR_LAI_OBJECT_DESCRIPTION_COMPANY_OWNED_LAND                   :Company-owned l
 STR_ABOUT_OPENTTD                                               :{WHITE}About OpenTTD
 STR_ABOUT_ORIGINAL_COPYRIGHT                                    :{BLACK}Original copyright {COPYRIGHT} 1995 Chris Sawyer, All rights reserved
 STR_ABOUT_VERSION                                               :{BLACK}OpenTTD version {REV}
-STR_ABOUT_COPYRIGHT_OPENTTD                                     :{BLACK}OpenTTD {COPYRIGHT} 2002-2019 The OpenTTD team
+STR_ABOUT_COPYRIGHT_OPENTTD                                     :{BLACK}OpenTTD {COPYRIGHT} 2002-{RAW_STRING} The OpenTTD team
 
 # Framerate display window
 STR_FRAMERATE_CAPTION                                           :{WHITE}Frame rate
diff --git a/src/misc_gui.cpp b/src/misc_gui.cpp
index 950e402309..ff2fc3a23c 100644
--- a/src/misc_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/misc_gui.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "newgrf_debug.h"
 #include "zoom_func.h"
 #include "guitimer_func.h"
+#include "rev.h"
 
 #include "widgets/misc_widget.h"
 
@@ -399,7 +400,7 @@ static const NWidgetPart _nested_about_widgets[] = {
 			NWidget(WWT_EMPTY, INVALID_COLOUR, WID_A_SCROLLING_TEXT),
 		EndContainer(),
 		NWidget(WWT_LABEL, COLOUR_GREY, WID_A_WEBSITE), SetDataTip(STR_BLACK_RAW_STRING, STR_NULL),
-		NWidget(WWT_LABEL, COLOUR_GREY), SetDataTip(STR_ABOUT_COPYRIGHT_OPENTTD, STR_NULL),
+		NWidget(WWT_LABEL, COLOUR_GREY, WID_A_COPYRIGHT), SetDataTip(STR_ABOUT_COPYRIGHT_OPENTTD, STR_NULL),
 	EndContainer(),
 };
 
@@ -495,6 +496,7 @@ struct AboutWindow : public Window {
 	void SetStringParameters(int widget) const override
 	{
 		if (widget == WID_A_WEBSITE) SetDParamStr(0, "Website: http://www.openttd.org");
+		if (widget == WID_A_COPYRIGHT) SetDParamStr(0, _openttd_revision_year);
 	}
 
 	void UpdateWidgetSize(int widget, Dimension *size, const Dimension &padding, Dimension *fill, Dimension *resize) override
diff --git a/src/os/windows/ottdres.rc.in b/src/os/windows/ottdres.rc.in
index af27de4bdf..8116de9035 100644
--- a/src/os/windows/ottdres.rc.in
+++ b/src/os/windows/ottdres.rc.in
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "FileDescription", "OpenTTD\0"
             VALUE "FileVersion", "!!VERSION!!\0"
             VALUE "InternalName", "openttd\0"
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright \xA9 OpenTTD Developers 2002-2019. All Rights Reserved.\0"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright \xA9 OpenTTD Developers 2002-!!YEAR!!. All Rights Reserved.\0"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "\0"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "openttd.exe\0"
             VALUE "PrivateBuild", "\0"
diff --git a/src/rev.cpp.in b/src/rev.cpp.in
index 48b29f349d..3f5b126dc1 100644
--- a/src/rev.cpp.in
+++ b/src/rev.cpp.in
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ const char _openttd_build_date[] = __DATE__ " " __TIME__;
  */
 const char _openttd_revision_hash[] = "!!GITHASH!!";
 
+/**
+ * The year of this version.
+ */
+const char _openttd_revision_year[] = "!!YEAR!!";
+
 /**
  * Let us know if current build was modified. This detection
  * works even in the case when revision string is overridden by
diff --git a/src/rev.h b/src/rev.h
index f1e669aa56..7689383710 100644
--- a/src/rev.h
+++ b/src/rev.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 extern const char _openttd_revision[];
 extern const char _openttd_build_date[];
 extern const char _openttd_revision_hash[];
+extern const char _openttd_revision_year[];
 extern const byte _openttd_revision_modified;
 extern const byte _openttd_revision_tagged;
 extern const uint32 _openttd_newgrf_version;
diff --git a/src/script/api/game/game_window.hpp.sq b/src/script/api/game/game_window.hpp.sq
index 609030676a..0d5ab2bc0c 100644
--- a/src/script/api/game/game_window.hpp.sq
+++ b/src/script/api/game/game_window.hpp.sq
@@ -639,6 +639,7 @@ void SQGSWindow_Register(Squirrel *engine)
 	SQGSWindow.DefSQConst(engine, ScriptWindow::WID_TT_BACKGROUND,                         "WID_TT_BACKGROUND");
 	SQGSWindow.DefSQConst(engine, ScriptWindow::WID_A_SCROLLING_TEXT,                      "WID_A_SCROLLING_TEXT");
 	SQGSWindow.DefSQConst(engine, ScriptWindow::WID_A_WEBSITE,                             "WID_A_WEBSITE");
+	SQGSWindow.DefSQConst(engine, ScriptWindow::WID_A_COPYRIGHT,                           "WID_A_COPYRIGHT");
 	SQGSWindow.DefSQConst(engine, ScriptWindow::WID_QS_CAPTION,                            "WID_QS_CAPTION");
 	SQGSWindow.DefSQConst(engine, ScriptWindow::WID_QS_TEXT,                               "WID_QS_TEXT");
 	SQGSWindow.DefSQConst(engine, ScriptWindow::WID_QS_WARNING,                            "WID_QS_WARNING");
diff --git a/src/script/api/script_window.hpp b/src/script/api/script_window.hpp
index 69d6b81f9b..39a64034b9 100644
--- a/src/script/api/script_window.hpp
+++ b/src/script/api/script_window.hpp
@@ -1605,6 +1605,7 @@ public:
 	enum AboutWidgets {
 		WID_A_SCROLLING_TEXT                         = ::WID_A_SCROLLING_TEXT,                         ///< The actually scrolling text.
 		WID_A_WEBSITE                                = ::WID_A_WEBSITE,                                ///< URL of OpenTTD website.
+		WID_A_COPYRIGHT                              = ::WID_A_COPYRIGHT,                              ///< Copyright string
 	};
 
 	/** Widgets of the #QueryStringWindow class. */
diff --git a/src/widgets/misc_widget.h b/src/widgets/misc_widget.h
index bc0c07030b..0fdfc8c605 100644
--- a/src/widgets/misc_widget.h
+++ b/src/widgets/misc_widget.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ enum ToolTipsWidgets {
 enum AboutWidgets {
 	WID_A_SCROLLING_TEXT, ///< The actually scrolling text.
 	WID_A_WEBSITE,        ///< URL of OpenTTD website.
+	WID_A_COPYRIGHT,      ///< Copyright string
 };
 
 /** Widgets of the #QueryStringWindow class. */