diff --git a/lib/updater.php b/lib/updater.php
index 57623797ae..196822ac35 100644
--- a/lib/updater.php
+++ b/lib/updater.php
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class OC_Updater{
 		$version['installed']=OC_Config::getValue('installedat');
 		$version['updated']=OC_Appconfig::getValue('core', 'lastupdatedat', OC_Config::getValue( 'lastupdatedat'));
 		$version['updatechannel']='stable';
+		$version['edition']=OC_Util::getEditionString();
 		$versionstring=implode('x',$version);
 
 		//fetch xml data from updater
diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index 529b6d958f..722b7404d0 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ class OC_Util {
 		return '3';
 	}
 
+        /**
+         * get the current installed edition of ownCloud. There is the community edition that just returns an empty string and the enterprise edition that returns "Enterprise".
+         * @return string
+         */
+        public static function getEditionString(){
+                return '';
+        }
+
 	/**
 	 * add a javascript file
 	 *
diff --git a/settings/templates/personal.php b/settings/templates/personal.php
index 57731d979d..d40da7eb77 100644
--- a/settings/templates/personal.php
+++ b/settings/templates/personal.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 };?>
 
 <p class="personalblock">
-	<strong>ownCloud</strong> <?php echo(OC_Util::getVersionString()); ?><br />
+	<strong>ownCloud</strong> <?php echo(OC_Util::getVersionString()); ?> <?php echo(OC_Util::getEditionString()); ?><br />
 	developed by the <a href="http://ownCloud.org/credits" target="_blank">ownCloud community</a><br />
 	<?php echo(OC_Updater::ShowUpdatingHint());     ?><br />
 	<a href="http://gitorious.org/owncloud" target="_blank">source code</a> licensed freely under <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html" target="_blank">AGPL</a>
diff --git a/status.php b/status.php
index 94c8cfce84..81f339fa53 100644
--- a/status.php
+++ b/status.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ $RUNTIME_NOAPPS = TRUE; //no apps, yet
 require_once('lib/base.php');
 
 if(OC_Config::getValue('installed')==1) $installed='true'; else $installed='false';
-$values=array('installed'=>$installed,'version'=>implode('.',OC_Util::getVersion()),'versionstring'=>OC_Util::getVersionString());
+$values=array('installed'=>$installed,'version'=>implode('.',OC_Util::getVersion()),'versionstring'=>OC_Util::getVersionString(),'edition'=>OC_Util::getEditionString());
 
 echo(json_encode($values));