diff --git a/adb/Android.mk b/adb/Android.mk
index efdff5d..ca337ee 100644
--- a/adb/Android.mk
+++ b/adb/Android.mk
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 LOCAL_PATH:= $(call my-dir)
 
+include $(LOCAL_PATH)/../platform_tools_tool_version.mk
+
 adb_host_sanitize :=
 adb_target_sanitize :=
 
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@
     -Wno-unused-parameter \
     -Wno-missing-field-initializers \
     -Wvla \
-    -DADB_REVISION=\"$(BUILD_NUMBER_FROM_FILE)\" \
+    -DADB_VERSION=\"$(tool_version)\" \
 
 ADB_COMMON_posix_CFLAGS := \
     -Wexit-time-destructors \
diff --git a/adb/adb.cpp b/adb/adb.cpp
index 0181daa..c1e0d98 100644
--- a/adb/adb.cpp
+++ b/adb/adb.cpp
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@
     // Don't change the format of this --- it's parsed by ddmlib.
     return android::base::StringPrintf(
         "Android Debug Bridge version %d.%d.%d\n"
-        "Revision %s\n"
+        "Version %s\n"
         "Installed as %s\n",
-        ADB_VERSION_MAJOR, ADB_VERSION_MINOR, ADB_SERVER_VERSION, ADB_REVISION,
+        ADB_VERSION_MAJOR, ADB_VERSION_MINOR, ADB_SERVER_VERSION, ADB_VERSION,
         android::base::GetExecutablePath().c_str());
 }
 
diff --git a/adb/daemon/main.cpp b/adb/daemon/main.cpp
index 7a87df4..a6d43ea 100644
--- a/adb/daemon/main.cpp
+++ b/adb/daemon/main.cpp
@@ -233,9 +233,8 @@
             adb_device_banner = optarg;
             break;
         case 'v':
-            printf("Android Debug Bridge Daemon version %d.%d.%d %s\n",
-                   ADB_VERSION_MAJOR, ADB_VERSION_MINOR, ADB_SERVER_VERSION,
-                   ADB_REVISION);
+            printf("Android Debug Bridge Daemon version %d.%d.%d (%s)\n", ADB_VERSION_MAJOR,
+                   ADB_VERSION_MINOR, ADB_SERVER_VERSION, ADB_VERSION);
             return 0;
         default:
             // getopt already prints "adbd: invalid option -- %c" for us.
diff --git a/fastboot/Android.mk b/fastboot/Android.mk
index e675d7d..4d54175 100644
--- a/fastboot/Android.mk
+++ b/fastboot/Android.mk
@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@
 
 LOCAL_PATH:= $(call my-dir)
 
+include $(LOCAL_PATH)/../platform_tools_tool_version.mk
+
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DFASTBOOT_VERSION=\"$(tool_version)\"
+
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := \
   $(LOCAL_PATH)/../adb \
   $(LOCAL_PATH)/../mkbootimg \
@@ -37,8 +41,6 @@
 LOCAL_MODULE_HOST_OS := darwin linux windows
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wunreachable-code
 
-LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DFASTBOOT_REVISION=\"$(BUILD_NUMBER_FROM_FILE)\"
-
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES_linux := usb_linux.cpp
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES_linux := libselinux
 
diff --git a/fastboot/fastboot.cpp b/fastboot/fastboot.cpp
index 5d5ac9b..a9450dc 100644
--- a/fastboot/fastboot.cpp
+++ b/fastboot/fastboot.cpp
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@
                 setvbuf(stdout, nullptr, _IONBF, 0);
                 setvbuf(stderr, nullptr, _IONBF, 0);
             } else if (strcmp("version", longopts[longindex].name) == 0) {
-                fprintf(stdout, "fastboot version %s\n", FASTBOOT_REVISION);
+                fprintf(stdout, "fastboot version %s\n", FASTBOOT_VERSION);
                 fprintf(stdout, "Installed as %s\n", android::base::GetExecutablePath().c_str());
                 return 0;
             } else if (strcmp("slot", longopts[longindex].name) == 0) {
diff --git a/platform_tools_tool_version.mk b/platform_tools_tool_version.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73229e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform_tools_tool_version.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Google Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# We rewrite ${PLATFORM_SDK_VERSION} with 0 rather than $(PLATFORM_SDK_VERSION)
+# because on the actual platform tools release branches the file contains a
+# literal instead. Using 0 lets us easily distinguish non-canonical builds.
+platform_tools_version := $(shell sed \
+    's/$${PLATFORM_SDK_VERSION}/0/ ; s/^Pkg.Revision=\(.*\)/\1/p ; d' \
+    $(ANDROID_BUILD_TOP)/development/sdk/plat_tools_source.prop_template \
+  )
+tool_version := $(platform_tools_version)-$(BUILD_NUMBER_FROM_FILE)