diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 01f7983e36..cd1bb2002f 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Michal Chruszcz <troll@pld-linux.org>
     Ian Clelland <clelland@gmail.com>
     crankycoder@gmail.com
+    Pete Crosier <pete.crosier@gmail.com>
     Matt Croydon <http://www.postneo.com/>
     flavio.curella@gmail.com
     Jure Cuhalev <gandalf@owca.info>
diff --git a/django/views/debug.py b/django/views/debug.py
index 2530350e26..a534f17b33 100644
--- a/django/views/debug.py
+++ b/django/views/debug.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.template import Template, Context, TemplateDoesNotExist
 from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.http import HttpResponseServerError, HttpResponseNotFound
-import os, re
+import os, re, sys
 
 HIDDEN_SETTINGS = re.compile('SECRET|PASSWORD|PROFANITIES_LIST')
 
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ def technical_500_response(request, exc_type, exc_value, tb):
         'request': request,
         'request_protocol': request.is_secure() and "https" or "http",
         'settings': get_safe_settings(),
+        'sys_executable' : sys.executable,
+        'sys_version_info' : '%d.%d.%d' % sys.version_info[0:3],
         'template_info': template_info,
         'template_does_not_exist': template_does_not_exist,
         'loader_debug_info': loader_debug_info,
@@ -334,6 +336,14 @@ TECHNICAL_500_TEMPLATE = """
       <th>Exception Location:</th>
       <td>{{ lastframe.filename|escape }} in {{ lastframe.function|escape }}, line {{ lastframe.lineno }}</td>
     </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th>Python Executable:</th>
+      <td>{{ sys_executable|escape }}</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th>Python Version:</th>
+      <td>{{ sys_version_info }}</td>
+    </tr>
   </table>
 </div>
 {% if template_does_not_exist %}