diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/ke/main.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/ke/main.c
index c4299a1d27e..d39d5a02f61 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/ke/main.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/ke/main.c
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ VOID
 __attribute((noinline))
 KiSystemStartup(BOOLEAN BootProcessor)
 {
+#if defined(DBG) || defined(KDBG)
+   DbgPrint("\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n");
+   DbgPrint("Starting ReactOS "KERNEL_VERSION_STR" (Build "
+                     KERNEL_VERSION_BUILD_STR")\n");
+#endif
+
     DPRINT("KiSystemStartup(%d)\n", BootProcessor);
 
     /* Initialize the Application Processor */