diff --git a/share/tools/webupdate b/share/tools/webupdate
index bbad0943ef..4ef70faf2d 100755
--- a/share/tools/webupdate
+++ b/share/tools/webupdate
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# Copyright (c) 2001 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
+# Copyright (c) 2001-2017 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
 # Copyright (c) 2001 Dima Dorfman <dd@FreeBSD.org>
 #
 # Update the FreeBSD web site from the SVN repository.
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ BUILDARGS=${BUILDARGS:-${DEFAULT_BUILDARGS}};
 INSTARGS="${BUILDARGS} ${INSTARGS:-${DEFAULT_INSTARGS}}";
 WEBMAILTO=${WEBMAILTO:-${DEFAULT_WEBMAILTO}};
 
+#export NO_OBJ=YES
+
 # Notes on the names of the release notes directories:
 #
 # - They weren't named the same way they will be on the web site
@@ -158,15 +160,21 @@ fi
 #
 cd $BUILDDIR/head || exit 1;
 
+# get latest revision
+LATESTREVISION=$LOGDIR/LATESTREVISION
+make -C en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pam/ SRCS="$(pwd)" -V LATESTREVISION | \
+  perl -npe 's,--stringparam\s+,\n,g' > $LATESTREVISION
+
 time make ${BUILDARGS} p-all >> $LOGFILE 2>&1 ||
-	(tail -50 $LOGFILE |
-	 mail -s "FreeBSD web build failed on `hostname`" $WEBMAILTO;
+	(cat $LATESTREVISION >> $LOGFILE
+	 tail -50 $LOGFILE | mail -s "FreeBSD web build failed on `hostname`" $WEBMAILTO;
 	 exit 3) || exit 3;
 
 cd $BUILDDIR/head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs || exit 1;
 
 ( time make ${INSTARGS} all && time make ${INSTARGS} install ) >> $LOGFILE 2>&1 ||
-	(tail -50 $LOGFILE |
+	(cat $LATESTREVISION >> $LOGFILE
+	 tail -50 $LOGFILE |
 	 mail -s "FreeBSD web build failed on `hostname`" $WEBMAILTO;
 	 exit 3) || exit 3;
 
@@ -179,6 +187,7 @@ fi
 #gzip -f $LOGFILE
 #find $LOGDIR -mtime +60 -print0 | perl -n0e unlink
 
+cat $LATESTREVISION >> ${LOGFILE}
 buildstop=`date +%s`
 buildd=$(($buildstop - $buildstart))
 echo "Build ended `date` (${buildd}s)" >> ${LOGFILE}