diff --git a/meilisearch/build.rs b/meilisearch/build.rs
index e2207561b..ba0cf9e70 100644
--- a/meilisearch/build.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/build.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
-use vergen::{vergen, Config};
+use vergen::{vergen, Config, SemverKind};
 
 fn main() {
-    if let Err(e) = vergen(Config::default()) {
+    let mut config = Config::default();
+    // allow using non-annotated tags
+    *config.git_mut().semver_kind_mut() = SemverKind::Lightweight;
+    // add -dirty suffix when we're not right on the tag
+    *config.git_mut().semver_dirty_mut() = Some("-dirty");
+
+    if let Err(e) = vergen(config) {
         println!("cargo:warning=vergen: {}", e);
     }
 
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/lib.rs b/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
index 7a7555659..8b87b5a87 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
@@ -427,3 +427,35 @@ pub fn configure_metrics_route(config: &mut web::ServiceConfig, enable_metrics_r
         );
     }
 }
+
+/// Parses the output of
+/// [`VERGEN_GIT_SEMVER_LIGHTWEIGHT`](https://docs.rs/vergen/latest/vergen/struct.Git.html#instructions)
+///  as a prototype name.
+///
+/// Returns `Some(prototype_name)` if the following conditions are met on this value:
+///
+/// 1. starts with `prototype-`,
+/// 2. does not end with `dirty-`,
+/// 3. ends with `-<some_number>`,
+/// 4. does not end with `<some_number>-<some_number>`.
+///
+/// Otherwise, returns `None`.
+pub fn prototype_name() -> Option<&'static str> {
+    let prototype: &'static str = option_env!("VERGEN_GIT_SEMVER_LIGHTWEIGHT")?;
+
+    if prototype.ends_with("-dirty") {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    if !prototype.starts_with("prototype-") {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let mut rsplit_prototype = prototype.rsplit('-');
+    // last component MUST be a number
+    rsplit_prototype.next()?.parse::<u64>().ok()?;
+    // before than last component SHALL NOT be a number
+    rsplit_prototype.next()?.parse::<u64>().err()?;
+
+    Some(prototype)
+}
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/main.rs b/meilisearch/src/main.rs
index b78362ec1..d12539e20 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/main.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/main.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use actix_web::web::Data;
 use actix_web::HttpServer;
 use index_scheduler::IndexScheduler;
 use meilisearch::analytics::Analytics;
-use meilisearch::{analytics, create_app, setup_meilisearch, Opt};
+use meilisearch::{analytics, create_app, prototype_name, setup_meilisearch, Opt};
 use meilisearch_auth::{generate_master_key, AuthController, MASTER_KEY_MIN_SIZE};
 use termcolor::{Color, ColorChoice, ColorSpec, StandardStream, WriteColor};
 
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ pub fn print_launch_resume(
     eprintln!("Commit SHA:\t\t{:?}", commit_sha.to_string());
     eprintln!("Commit date:\t\t{:?}", commit_date.to_string());
     eprintln!("Package version:\t{:?}", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string());
+    if let Some(prototype) = prototype_name() {
+        eprintln!("Prototype:\t\t{:?}", prototype);
+    }
 
     #[cfg(all(not(debug_assertions), feature = "analytics"))]
     {