diff --git a/ecs/hooks/build b/ecs/hooks/build
index 55bb278..732f79c 100644
--- a/ecs/hooks/build
+++ b/ecs/hooks/build
@@ -6,4 +6,9 @@
 # Use $VERSION build environment variable or the Docker repository tag being built
 version=${VERSION:-${DOCKER_TAG}}
 
-docker build --build-arg VERSION=$version -f $DOCKERFILE_PATH -t $IMAGE_NAME .
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+docker build \
+    --build-arg VERSION=$version \
+    --build-arg VCS_REF=`git rev-parse --short HEAD` \
+    --build-arg BUILD_DATE=`date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"` \
+    -f $DOCKERFILE_PATH \
+    -t $IMAGE_NAME .