diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e67bcc5614..f8d44626b5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ lint:
 	flake8 --config=scripts/flake8.cfg test/others/rpc/config_file.py
 	flake8 --config=scripts/flake8.cfg lib/py/images/pb2dict.py
 	flake8 --config=scripts/flake8.cfg scripts/criu-ns
+	flake8 --config=scripts/flake8.cfg scripts/crit-setup.py
 	flake8 --config=scripts/flake8.cfg coredump/
 	shellcheck --version
 	shellcheck scripts/*.sh
diff --git a/scripts/crit-setup.py b/scripts/crit-setup.py
index 871e55921e..13df03e3b5 100644
--- a/scripts/crit-setup.py
+++ b/scripts/crit-setup.py
@@ -1,10 +1,24 @@
+import os
 from distutils.core import setup
 
+criu_version = "0.0.1"
+env = os.environ
+
+if 'CRIU_VERSION_MAJOR' in env and 'CRIU_VERSION_MINOR' in env:
+    criu_version = '{}.{}'.format(
+        env['CRIU_VERSION_MAJOR'],
+        env['CRIU_VERSION_MINOR']
+    )
+
+    if 'CRIU_VERSION_SUBLEVEL' in env and env['CRIU_VERSION_SUBLEVEL']:
+        criu_version += '.' + env['CRIU_VERSION_SUBLEVEL']
+
 setup(name="crit",
-      version="0.0.1",
+      version=criu_version,
       description="CRiu Image Tool",
       author="CRIU team",
       author_email="criu@openvz.org",
+      license="GPLv2",
       url="https://github.com/checkpoint-restore/criu",
       package_dir={'pycriu': 'lib/py'},
       packages=["pycriu", "pycriu.images"],