diff --git a/python/lvmdrp/__init__.py b/python/lvmdrp/__init__.py
index d34f4553..08603f0a 100644
--- a/python/lvmdrp/__init__.py
+++ b/python/lvmdrp/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from sdsstools import get_config, get_logger, get_package_version
 from tree import Tree
 from sdss_access.path import Path
+import subprocess
 
 
 NAME = 'lvmdrp'
@@ -35,3 +36,14 @@ def setup_paths(release: str = 'sdsswork', replant: bool = False):
 
 
 __version__ = os.getenv("LVMDRP_VERSION") or get_package_version(path=__file__, package_name=NAME)
+
+
+# NOTE: taken from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14989858/get-the-current-git-hash-in-a-python-script
+def get_git_revision_hash() -> str:
+    return subprocess.check_output(['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD']).decode('ascii').strip()
+
+def get_git_revision_short_hash() -> str:
+    return subprocess.check_output(['git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD']).decode('ascii').strip()
+
+
+DRP_COMMIT = get_git_revision_short_hash()
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diff --git a/python/lvmdrp/functions/imageMethod.py b/python/lvmdrp/functions/imageMethod.py
index 18b339be..e0e5d4c1 100644
--- a/python/lvmdrp/functions/imageMethod.py
+++ b/python/lvmdrp/functions/imageMethod.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 from typing import List, Tuple
 
-from lvmdrp import log, __version__ as DRPVER
+from lvmdrp import log, DRP_COMMIT, __version__ as DRPVER
 from lvmdrp.core.constants import CONFIG_PATH, SPEC_CHANNELS, ARC_LAMPS, LVM_REFERENCE_COLUMN, LVM_NBLOCKS, FIDUCIAL_PLATESCALE
 from lvmdrp.utils.decorators import skip_on_missing_input_path, drop_missing_input_paths
 from lvmdrp.utils.bitmask import QualityFlag
@@ -3365,6 +3365,8 @@ def preproc_raw_frame(
 
     # set drp tag version
     proc_img.setHdrValue("DRPVER", DRPVER, comment='data reduction pipeline software tag')
+    # set drp commit SHA
+    proc_img.setHdrValue("COMMIT", DRP_COMMIT, comment="data reduction pipeline commit HASH")
 
     # write out FITS file
     log.info(f"writing preprocessed image to {os.path.basename(out_image)}")