diff --git a/src/bitmessageqt/about.ui b/src/bitmessageqt/about.ui
index d09cbc4d..099875c0 100644
--- a/src/bitmessageqt/about.ui
+++ b/src/bitmessageqt/about.ui
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 	  </font>
 	</property>
 	<property name="text">
-	  <string notr="true">PyBitmessage</string>
+	  <string notr="true">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage/tree/:branch:&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration:none; color:#0000ff;&quot;&gt;PyBitmessage :version:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
 	</property>
 	<property name="alignment">
 	  <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
diff --git a/src/bitmessageqt/dialogs.py b/src/bitmessageqt/dialogs.py
index 5e0d9718..0fffd01a 100644
--- a/src/bitmessageqt/dialogs.py
+++ b/src/bitmessageqt/dialogs.py
@@ -114,11 +114,15 @@ class AboutDialog(QtGui.QDialog, RetranslateMixin):
         super(AboutDialog, self).__init__(parent)
         widgets.load('about.ui', self)
         commit = paths.lastCommit()[:7]
-        label = "PyBitmessage " + softwareVersion
+        version = softwareVersion
         if commit:
-            label += '-' + commit
-        self.labelVersion.setText(label)
-        QtGui.QWidget.resize(self, QtGui.QWidget.sizeHint(self))
+            version += '-' + commit
+        self.labelVersion.setText(
+            self.labelVersion.text().replace(
+                ':version:', version
+                ).replace(':branch:', commit or 'v%s' % version)
+        )
+        self.labelVersion.setOpenExternalLinks(True)
 
 
 class IconGlossaryDialog(QtGui.QDialog, RetranslateMixin):