diff --git a/scm-server/src/main/assembly/README.txt b/scm-server/src/main/assembly/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42af9d386c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-server/src/main/assembly/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+SCM-Manager Version ${project.version}
+================================================================================
+
+Release notes: https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager/wiki/release-notes
+Getting started: https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager/wiki/getting-started
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scm-server/src/main/assembly/scm-server-app.xml b/scm-server/src/main/assembly/scm-server-app.xml
index 971bd0dba6..5fc3f8a64b 100644
--- a/scm-server/src/main/assembly/scm-server-app.xml
+++ b/scm-server/src/main/assembly/scm-server-app.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@
   </fileSets>
   
   <files>
+
+    <file>
+      <source>src/main/assembly/README.txt</source>
+      <destName>README.txt</destName>
+      <filtered>true</filtered>
+    </file>
     
     <!-- 
       copy release logging configuration to config directory