diff --git a/emperor.c b/emperor.c
index 9724f4e1..00b03c16 100644
--- a/emperor.c
+++ b/emperor.c
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ void emperor_add(char *name, time_t born) {
 		return;
 	}
 	else {
+
+		unsetenv("UWSGI_RELOADS");
+
 		uef = uwsgi_num2str(n_ui->pipe[1]);
 		if (setenv("UWSGI_EMPEROR_FD", uef, 1)) {
 			uwsgi_error("setenv()");
diff --git a/uwsgi.c b/uwsgi.c
index 05537216..8477a393 100644
--- a/uwsgi.c
+++ b/uwsgi.c
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ options_parsed:
 	uwsgi_log("***\n*** You are running a DEBUG version of uWSGI, plese disable DEBUG in uwsgiconfig.py and recompile it ***\n***\n");
 #endif
 
-	uwsgi_log("compiled with version: %s\n", __VERSION__);
+	uwsgi_log("compiled with version: %s on %s\n", __VERSION__, UWSGI_BUILD_DATE);
 
 #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__
 	uwsgi_log("*** big endian arch detected ***\n");
diff --git a/uwsgiconfig.py b/uwsgiconfig.py
index ae6b96b6..47e17a32 100644
--- a/uwsgiconfig.py
+++ b/uwsgiconfig.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import os
 import re
+import time
 uwsgi_os = os.uname()[0]
 uwsgi_os_k = re.split('[-+]', os.uname()[2])[0]
 uwsgi_os_v = os.uname()[3]
@@ -208,6 +209,8 @@ class uConf(object):
                 sys.exit(1)
 
     def get_gcll(self):
+
+        self.cflags.append('-DUWSGI_BUILD_DATE="\\"%s\\""' % time.strftime("%d %B %Y %H:%M:%S"))
         kvm_list = ['FreeBSD', 'OpenBSD', 'NetBSD', 'DragonFly']
 
         if uwsgi_os == 'SunOS':