diff --git a/build/packages-template/bbb-config/after-install.sh b/build/packages-template/bbb-config/after-install.sh
index d2a223d872..ec450f49eb 100644
--- a/build/packages-template/bbb-config/after-install.sh
+++ b/build/packages-template/bbb-config/after-install.sh
@@ -125,6 +125,17 @@ else
   sed -i 's/events {/worker_rlimit_nofile 10000;\n\nevents {/g' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 fi
 
+# set full BBB version in settings.yml so it can be displayed in the client
+BBB_RELEASE_FILE=/etc/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton-release
+BBB_HTML5_SETTINGS_FILE=/usr/share/meteor/bundle/programs/server/assets/app/config/settings.yml
+if [[ -f $BBB_RELEASE_FILE ]] ; then
+  BBB_FULL_VERSION=$(cat $BBB_RELEASE_FILE | sed -n '/^BIGBLUEBUTTON_RELEASE/{s/.*=//;p}' )
+  echo "setting BBB_FULL_VERSION=$BBB_FULL_VERSION in $BBB_HTML5_SETTINGS_FILE "
+  if [[ -f $BBB_HTML5_SETTINGS_FILE ]] ; then
+    yq w -i $BBB_HTML5_SETTINGS_FILE public.app.bbbServerVersion $BBB_FULL_VERSION
+  fi
+fi
+
 # Fix permissions for logging
 chown bigbluebutton:bigbluebutton /var/log/bbb-fsesl-akka