diff --git a/include/common/standard.h b/include/common/standard.h
index cf8f1f046..80a1fc234 100644
--- a/include/common/standard.h
+++ b/include/common/standard.h
@@ -1496,6 +1496,7 @@ void dump_addr_and_bytes(struct buffer *buf, const char *pfx, const void *addr,
 void dump_hex(struct buffer *out, const char *pfx, const void *buf, int len, int unsafe);
 int may_access(const void *ptr);
 void *resolve_sym_name(struct buffer *buf, const char *pfx, void *addr);
+const char *get_exec_path();
 
 #if defined(USE_BACKTRACE)
 /* Note that this may result in opening libgcc() on first call, so it may need
diff --git a/include/types/global.h b/include/types/global.h
index 407fbff60..592d28867 100644
--- a/include/types/global.h
+++ b/include/types/global.h
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ extern unsigned char boot_seed[20];  // per-boot random seed (160 bits initially
 /* bit values to go with "warned" above */
 #define WARN_ANY                    0x00000001 /* any warning was emitted */
 #define WARN_FORCECLOSE_DEPRECATED  0x00000002
+#define WARN_EXEC_PATH              0x00000004 /* executable path already reported */
 
 
 /* to be used with warned and WARN_* */
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index 50b5080c4..2d926649e 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <common/initcall.h>
 #include <common/standard.h>
 #include <common/time.h>
+#include <common/version.h>
 
 #include <types/cli.h>
 #include <types/global.h>
@@ -1109,6 +1110,14 @@ void ha_alert(const char *fmt, ...)
 	va_list argp;
 
 	if (!(global.mode & MODE_QUIET) || (global.mode & (MODE_VERBOSE | MODE_STARTING))) {
+		if (!(warned & WARN_EXEC_PATH)) {
+			const char *path = get_exec_path();
+
+			warned |= WARN_EXEC_PATH;
+			ha_notice("haproxy version is %s\n", haproxy_version);
+			if (path)
+				ha_notice("path to executable is %s\n", path);
+		}
 		va_start(argp, fmt);
 		print_message("ALERT", fmt, argp);
 		va_end(argp);
diff --git a/src/standard.c b/src/standard.c
index 3afaf5a99..eba79101b 100644
--- a/src/standard.c
+++ b/src/standard.c
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 #include <link.h>
 #endif
 
+#if (__GLIBC__ > 2 || (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 16))
+#include <sys/auxv.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
@@ -4335,6 +4339,22 @@ void debug_hexdump(FILE *out, const char *pfx, const char *buf,
 	}
 }
 
+/* Tries to report the executable path name on platforms supporting this. If
+ * not found or not possible, returns NULL.
+ */
+const char *get_exec_path()
+{
+	const char *ret = NULL;
+
+#if (__GLIBC__ > 2 || (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 16))
+	long execfn = getauxval(AT_EXECFN);
+
+	if (execfn && execfn != ENOENT)
+		ret = (const char *)execfn;
+#endif
+	return ret;
+}
+
 #ifdef __ELF__
 /* calls dladdr() or dladdr1() on <addr> and <dli>. If dladdr1 is available,
  * also returns the symbol size in <size>, otherwise returns 0 there.