diff --git a/Utilities/Log.cpp b/Utilities/Log.cpp
index 77237e45a1..1d60e1b3fb 100644
--- a/Utilities/Log.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/Log.cpp
@@ -589,12 +589,15 @@ logs::file_listener::file_listener(const std::string& name)
 	// Write UTF-8 BOM
 	file_writer::log(logs::level::always, "\xEF\xBB\xBF", 3);
 
+	const std::string firmware_version = utils::get_firmware_version();
+	const std::string firmware_string  = firmware_version.empty() ? "" : (" | Firmware version: " + firmware_version);
+
 	// Write initial message
 	stored_message ver;
 	ver.m.ch  = nullptr;
 	ver.m.sev = level::always;
 	ver.stamp = 0;
-	ver.text = fmt::format("RPCS3 v%s | %s\n%s", rpcs3::version.to_string(), rpcs3::get_branch(), utils::get_system_info());
+	ver.text  = fmt::format("RPCS3 v%s | %s%s\n%s", rpcs3::version.to_string(), rpcs3::get_branch(), firmware_string, utils::get_system_info());
 
 	file_writer::log(logs::level::always, ver.text.data(), ver.text.size());
 	file_writer::log(logs::level::always, "\n", 1);
diff --git a/Utilities/sysinfo.cpp b/Utilities/sysinfo.cpp
index b651704bb8..96226362dd 100644
--- a/Utilities/sysinfo.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/sysinfo.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-#include "sysinfo.h"
+#include "sysinfo.h"
 #include "StrFmt.h"
+#include "File.h"
+#include "Emu/System.h"
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include "windows.h"
@@ -128,3 +130,26 @@ std::string utils::get_system_info()
 
 	return result;
 }
+
+std::string utils::get_firmware_version()
+{
+	const std::string file_path = g_cfg.vfs.get_dev_flash() + "vsh/etc/version.txt";
+	if (fs::is_file(file_path))
+	{
+		const fs::file version_file = fs::file(file_path);
+		std::string version = version_file.to_string();
+
+		// Extract version
+		const size_t start = version.find_first_of(':') + 1;
+		const size_t end = version.find_first_of(':', start);
+		version = version.substr(start, end - start);
+
+		// Trim version
+		const size_t trim_start = version.find_first_not_of('0');
+		const size_t trim_end = version.find_last_not_of('0');
+		version = version.substr(trim_start, trim_end);
+
+		return version;
+	}
+	return "";
+}
diff --git a/Utilities/sysinfo.h b/Utilities/sysinfo.h
index 88ca019964..5f2bc1f3ed 100644
--- a/Utilities/sysinfo.h
+++ b/Utilities/sysinfo.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#pragma once
+#pragma once
 
 #include "types.h"
 #include <string>
@@ -44,4 +44,6 @@ namespace utils
 	bool has_xop();
 
 	std::string get_system_info();
+
+	std::string get_firmware_version();
 }
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlays.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlays.h
index 7c9f3378d6..d72196ab33 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlays.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Overlays/overlays.h
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ namespace rsx
 				close();
 			}
 
-			error_code show(const std::string text, const MsgDialogType &type, std::function<void(s32 status)> on_close)
+			error_code show(const std::string& text, const MsgDialogType &type, std::function<void(s32 status)> on_close)
 			{
 				num_progress_bars = type.progress_bar_count;
 				if (num_progress_bars)