diff --git a/cmake/Pcsx2Utils.cmake b/cmake/Pcsx2Utils.cmake
index 2b54ebd34c..445f849c57 100644
--- a/cmake/Pcsx2Utils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Pcsx2Utils.cmake
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ function(detectOperatingSystem)
             endif()
             if ("${OS_RELEASE}" MATCHES "^.*ID=.*suse.*$")
                 set(openSUSE TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
+                add_definitions(-DopenSUSE)
                 message(STATUS "Build openSUSE specific")
             endif()
         endif()
diff --git a/pcsx2/System.cpp b/pcsx2/System.cpp
index 6701398046..7bbeeddc06 100644
--- a/pcsx2/System.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/System.cpp
@@ -194,14 +194,20 @@ void SysLogMachineCaps()
 {
 	if ( !PCSX2_isReleaseVersion )
 	{
-		Console.WriteLn(Color_StrongGreen, "PCSX2 %u.%u.%u-%lld %s - compiled on " __DATE__,
-			PCSX2_VersionHi, PCSX2_VersionMid, PCSX2_VersionLo,
+		Console.WriteLn(Color_StrongGreen, "PCSX2 %u.%u.%u-%lld %s"
+#ifndef openSUSE
+			"- compiled on " __DATE__
+#endif
+			, PCSX2_VersionHi, PCSX2_VersionMid, PCSX2_VersionLo,
 			SVN_REV, SVN_MODS ? "(modded)" : ""
 			);
 	}
 	else { // shorter release version string
-		Console.WriteLn(Color_StrongGreen, "PCSX2 %u.%u.%u-%lld - compiled on " __DATE__,
-			PCSX2_VersionHi, PCSX2_VersionMid, PCSX2_VersionLo,
+		Console.WriteLn(Color_StrongGreen, "PCSX2 %u.%u.%u-%lld"
+#ifndef openSUSE
+			"- compiled on " __DATE__
+#endif
+			, PCSX2_VersionHi, PCSX2_VersionMid, PCSX2_VersionLo,
 			SVN_REV );
 	}
 
diff --git a/pcsx2/gui/MainFrame.cpp b/pcsx2/gui/MainFrame.cpp
index ea6e88a893..337818be20 100644
--- a/pcsx2/gui/MainFrame.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/gui/MainFrame.cpp
@@ -356,8 +356,13 @@ MainEmuFrame::MainEmuFrame(wxWindow* parent, const wxString& title)
 	else
 	{
 		// beta / development editions, which feature revision number and compile date.
+#ifndef openSUSE
 		wintitle.Printf( L"%s  %d.%d.%d-%lld%s (git)  %s", pxGetAppName().c_str(), PCSX2_VersionHi, PCSX2_VersionMid, PCSX2_VersionLo,
 			SVN_REV, SVN_MODS ? L"m" : wxEmptyString, fromUTF8(__DATE__).c_str() );
+#else
+		wintitle.Printf( L"%s  %d.%d.%d-%lld%s (git)", pxGetAppName().c_str(), PCSX2_VersionHi, PCSX2_VersionMid, PCSX2_VersionLo,
+			SVN_REV, SVN_MODS ? L"m" : wxEmptyString );
+#endif
 	}
 
 	SetTitle( wintitle );
diff --git a/plugins/spu2-x/src/Windows/AboutBox.cpp b/plugins/spu2-x/src/Windows/AboutBox.cpp
index 9b4c4ecc22..463aea97c8 100644
--- a/plugins/spu2-x/src/Windows/AboutBox.cpp
+++ b/plugins/spu2-x/src/Windows/AboutBox.cpp
@@ -32,10 +32,17 @@ static LRESULT WINAPI AboutProc(HWND hDlg, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lPar
 
 			wchar_t outstr[256];
 			if( IsDevBuild )
-				swprintf_s( outstr, L"Build %lld -- Compiled on " _T(__DATE__), SVN_REV );
+				swprintf_s( outstr, L"Build %lld"
+#ifndef openSUSE
+					"-- Compiled on " _T(__DATE__)
+#endif
+					, SVN_REV );
 			else
-				swprintf_s( outstr, L"Release v%d.%d -- Compiled on "  _T(__DATE__),
-					VersionInfo::Release, VersionInfo::Revision );
+				swprintf_s( outstr, L"Release v%d.%d"
+#ifndef openSUSE
+					"-- Compiled on " _T(__DATE__)
+#endif
+					, VersionInfo::Release, VersionInfo::Revision );
 
 			SetWindowText( GetDlgItem(hDlg, IDC_LABEL_VERSION_INFO), outstr );
 			ShowWindow( hDlg, true );