diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 522a2f3ea..5d3dc7823 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ wheels/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
 MANIFEST
+_version.py
 
 # PyInstaller
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..096dd5031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include LICENSE
+include requirements.txt
diff --git a/icepyx/__init__.py b/icepyx/__init__.py
index c6a0b6d0d..e70e9b1dc 100644
--- a/icepyx/__init__.py
+++ b/icepyx/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 from icepyx.core.query import Query
+
+from _version import version as __version__
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3fd176fc7..1e34d2b92 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-datetime
 fiona
 geopandas
 h5py
 matplotlib
 numpy
-pre-commit
 requests
 shapely
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3f7353dad..2b73b205e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="icepyx",
-    version="0.3.2",
     author="The icepyx Developers",
     author_email="jbscheick@gmail.com",
     maintainer="Jessica Scheick",
@@ -27,4 +26,9 @@
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
         "Development Status :: 1 - Planning",
     ],
+    use_scm_version={
+        "write_to": "_version.py",
+        "write_to_template": 'version = "{version}"\n',
+    },
+    setup_requires=["setuptools>=30.3.0", "wheel", "setuptools_scm"]
 )