diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index c5ea879..60f3cc4 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -365,8 +365,8 @@ Check GitHub
   source = "github"
 
 Check `GitHub <https://github.com/>`_ for updates. The version returned is in
-date format ``%Y%m%d.%H%M%S``, e.g. ``20130701.012212``, unless ``use_latest_release``
-or ``use_max_tag`` is used. See below.
+date format ``%Y%m%d.%H%M%S``, e.g. ``20130701.012212``, unless ``use_latest_release``,
+``use_max_tag``, or ``use_commit_name`` is used. See below.
 
 github
   The github repository, with author, e.g. ``lilydjwg/nvchecker``.
@@ -393,6 +393,10 @@ use_latest_tag
 
   This requires a token because it's using the v4 GraphQL API.
 
+use_commit_name
+  Set this to ``true`` to append a plus and the commit name to the version, e.g.
+  ``20130701.012212+e1457aadd30f53f4d50d6c4828d517355c09b8ae``.
+
 query
   When ``use_latest_tag`` is ``true``, this sets a query for the tag. The exact
   matching method is not documented by GitHub.
diff --git a/nvchecker_source/github.py b/nvchecker_source/github.py
index 0920d54..84eedde 100644
--- a/nvchecker_source/github.py
+++ b/nvchecker_source/github.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # MIT licensed
 # Copyright (c) 2013-2020 lilydjwg <lilydjwg@gmail.com>, et al.
 
+import itertools
 import time
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
-from typing import Tuple
+from typing import Optional, Tuple
 
 import structlog
 
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@ from nvchecker.api import (
 
 logger = structlog.get_logger(logger_name=__name__)
 
+def add_commit_name(version: str, commit_name: Optional[str]) -> str:
+  return version if commit_name is None else version + '+' + commit_name
+
 GITHUB_URL = 'https://api.github.com/repos/%s/commits'
 GITHUB_LATEST_RELEASE = 'https://api.github.com/repos/%s/releases/latest'
 # https://developer.github.com/v3/git/refs/#get-all-references
@@ -27,38 +31,45 @@ async def get_version(name, conf, **kwargs):
     check_ratelimit(e, name)
 
 QUERY_LATEST_TAG = '''
-{{
-  repository(name: "{name}", owner: "{owner}") {{
-    refs(refPrefix: "refs/tags/", first: 1,
-         query: "{query}",
-         orderBy: {{field: TAG_COMMIT_DATE, direction: DESC}}) {{
-      edges {{
-        node {{
+query latestTag(
+  $owner: String!, $name: String!,
+  $query: String, $includeCommitName: Boolean = false,
+) {
+  repository(owner: $owner, name: $name) {
+    refs(
+      refPrefix: "refs/tags/", query: $query,
+      first: 1, orderBy: {field: TAG_COMMIT_DATE, direction: DESC},
+    ) {
+      edges {
+        node {
           name
-        }}
-      }}
-    }}
-  }}
-}}
+          ... @include(if: $includeCommitName) { target { oid } }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
 '''
 
-async def get_latest_tag(key: Tuple[str, str, str]) -> str:
-  repo, query, token = key
+async def get_latest_tag(key: Tuple[str, Optional[str], str, bool]) -> str:
+  repo, query, token, use_commit_name = key
   owner, reponame = repo.split('/')
   headers = {
     'Authorization': f'bearer {token}',
     'Content-Type': 'application/json',
   }
-  q = QUERY_LATEST_TAG.format(
-    owner = owner,
-    name = reponame,
-    query = query,
-  )
+  variables = {
+    'owner': owner,
+    'name': reponame,
+    'includeCommitName': use_commit_name,
+  }
+  if query is not None:
+    variables['query'] = query
 
   res = await session.post(
     GITHUB_GRAPHQL_URL,
     headers = headers,
-    json = {'query': q},
+    json = {'query': QUERY_LATEST_TAG, 'variables': variables},
   )
   j = res.json()
 
@@ -66,7 +77,10 @@ async def get_latest_tag(key: Tuple[str, str, str]) -> str:
   if not refs:
     raise GetVersionError('no tag found')
 
-  return refs[0]['node']['name']
+  return next(add_commit_name(
+    ref['node']['name'],
+    ref['node']['target']['oid'] if use_commit_name else None,
+  ) for ref in refs)
 
 async def get_version_real(
   name: str, conf: Entry, *,
@@ -82,12 +96,13 @@ async def get_version_real(
     token = keymanager.get_key('github')
 
   use_latest_tag = conf.get('use_latest_tag', False)
+  use_commit_name = conf.get('use_commit_name', False)
   if use_latest_tag:
     if not token:
       raise GetVersionError('token not given but it is required')
 
-    query = conf.get('query', '')
-    return await cache.get((repo, query, token), get_latest_tag) # type: ignore
+    query = conf.get('query')
+    return await cache.get((repo, query, token, use_commit_name), get_latest_tag) # type: ignore
 
   br = conf.get('branch')
   path = conf.get('path')
@@ -114,7 +129,10 @@ async def get_version_real(
   data = await cache.get_json(url, headers = headers)
 
   if use_max_tag:
-    tags = [ref['ref'].split('/', 2)[-1] for ref in data]
+    tags = [add_commit_name(
+      ref['ref'].split('/', 2)[-1],
+      ref['object']['sha'] if use_commit_name else None,
+    ) for ref in data]
     if not tags:
       raise GetVersionError('No tag found in upstream repository.')
     return tags
@@ -126,8 +144,11 @@ async def get_version_real(
 
   else:
     # YYYYMMDD.HHMMSS
-    version = data[0]['commit']['committer']['date'] \
-        .rstrip('Z').replace('-', '').replace(':', '').replace('T', '.')
+    version = add_commit_name(
+      data[0]['commit']['committer']['date'] \
+        .rstrip('Z').replace('-', '').replace(':', '').replace('T', '.'),
+      data[0]['sha'] if use_commit_name else None,
+    )
 
   return version
 
diff --git a/tests/test_github.py b/tests/test_github.py
index c505c83..2c9b3e6 100644
--- a/tests/test_github.py
+++ b/tests/test_github.py
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ async def test_github(get_version):
         "github": "harry-sanabria/ReleaseTestRepo",
     }) == "20140122.012101"
 
+async def test_github_commit_name(get_version):
+    assert await get_version("example", {
+        "source": "github",
+        "github": "harry-sanabria/ReleaseTestRepo",
+        "use_commit_name": True,
+    }) == "20140122.012101+2b3cdf6134b07ae6ac77f11b586dc1ae6d1521db"
+
 async def test_github_default_not_master(get_version):
     assert await get_version("example", {
         "source": "github",
@@ -35,6 +42,14 @@ async def test_github_max_tag(get_version):
         "use_max_tag": True,
     }) == "second_release"
 
+async def test_github_max_tag_commit_name(get_version):
+    assert await get_version("example", {
+        "source": "github",
+        "github": "harry-sanabria/ReleaseTestRepo",
+        "use_max_tag": True,
+        "use_commit_name": True,
+    }) == "second_release+0f01b10ee72809e7ec0d903db95bcb6eef18c925"
+
 async def test_github_max_tag_with_ignored(get_version):
     assert await get_version("example", {
         "source": "github",
@@ -74,3 +89,11 @@ async def test_github_latest_tag(get_version):
         "use_latest_tag": True,
     }) == "release3"
 
+async def test_github_latest_tag_commit_name(get_version):
+    assert await get_version("example", {
+        "source": "github",
+        "github": "harry-sanabria/ReleaseTestRepo",
+        "use_latest_tag": True,
+        "use_commit_name": True,
+    }) == "release3+2b3cdf6134b07ae6ac77f11b586dc1ae6d1521db"
+