diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Platform.cs b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Platform.cs
index 352f36ae7d..93ce4479bb 100644
--- a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Platform.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Platform.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
 using OpenRA.FileFormats;
 
 namespace OpenRA
@@ -45,6 +46,22 @@ namespace OpenRA
 				return PlatformType.Unknown;
 		}
 
+		public static string RuntimeVersion
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				var mono = Type.GetType("Mono.Runtime");
+				if (mono == null)
+					return ".NET CLR {0}".F(Environment.Version);
+
+				var version = mono.GetMethod("GetDisplayName", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static);
+				if (version == null)
+					return "Mono (unknown version) CLR {0}".F(Environment.Version);
+
+				return "Mono {0} CLR {1}".F(version.Invoke(null, null), Environment.Version); 
+			}
+		}
+
 		public static string SupportDir
 		{
 			get
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Support/Program.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Support/Program.cs
index 46af602df8..f548a5ba75 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Support/Program.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Support/Program.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		static void FatalError(Exception e)
 		{
 			Log.AddChannel("exception", "exception.log");
+			var mod = Game.CurrentMods.First().Value;
+			Log.Write("exception", "{0} Mod at Version {1}", mod.Title, mod.Version);
+			Log.Write("exception", "Operating System: {0} ({1})", Platform.CurrentPlatform, Environment.OSVersion);
+			Log.Write("exception", "Runtime Version: {0}", Platform.RuntimeVersion);
 			var rpt = BuildExceptionReport(e).ToString();
 			Log.Write("exception", "{0}", rpt);
 			Console.Error.WriteLine(rpt);
@@ -69,7 +73,8 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 		static StringBuilder BuildExceptionReport(Exception e, StringBuilder sb, int d)
 		{
-			if (e == null) return sb;
+			if (e == null)
+				return sb;
 
 			sb.AppendFormat("Exception of type `{0}`: {1}", e.GetType().FullName, e.Message);