diff --git a/python/edm4hep/__init__.py b/python/edm4hep/__init__.py
index a5cef54e4..1cf2df10d 100644
--- a/python/edm4hep/__init__.py
+++ b/python/edm4hep/__init__.py
@@ -27,5 +27,12 @@
 # Make TAB completion work for utils
 setattr(edm4hep, 'utils', edm4hep.utils)
 
+# set package attributes for edm4hep
+edm4hep.__version__ = __version__
+edm4hep.__name__ = __name__
+edm4hep.__spec__ = __spec__
+edm4hep.__path__ = __path__
+edm4hep.__file__ = __file__
+
 # Make `import edm4hep` work
 sys.modules['edm4hep'] = edm4hep
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 264780c36..f402792fe 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,5 +117,12 @@ if(HepMC3_FOUND AND HepPDT_FOUND )
   )
 endif()
 
+add_test(NAME py_test_module COMMAND python ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/test_module.py)
+set_test_env(py_test_module)
+set_property(TEST py_test_module APPEND PROPERTY ENVIRONMENT
+    ${ENVIRONMENT}
+    PYTHONPATH=${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/python:$ENV{PYTHONPATH}
+)
+
 add_subdirectory(utils)
 add_subdirectory(tools)
diff --git a/test/test_module.py b/test/test_module.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ff4724c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_module.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+"""Check the attributes of edm4hep package"""
+
+import edm4hep
+from ROOT import gInterpreter
+from importlib.util import find_spec
+
+if gInterpreter.LoadFile("edm4hep/EDM4hepVersion.h") != 0:
+    raise ImportError("Error while loading file edm4hep/EDM4hepVersion.h")
+
+# __version__
+version = edm4hep.version.build_version
+assert edm4hep.__version__ == f"{version.major}.{version.minor}.{version.patch}"
+
+# import attributes
+name = "edm4hep"
+expected_spec = find_spec(name)
+assert edm4hep.__name__ == name
+assert edm4hep.__name__ == expected_spec.name
+assert edm4hep.__spec__ == expected_spec
+assert edm4hep.__path__ == expected_spec.submodule_search_locations
+assert edm4hep.__file__ == expected_spec.origin
+
+# utils
+assert "utils" in dir(edm4hep)