diff --git a/ffmpeg/__init__.py b/ffmpeg/__init__.py
index a88d344d..4809b672 100644
--- a/ffmpeg/__init__.py
+++ b/ffmpeg/__init__.py
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@
     + _view.__all__
     + _filters.__all__
 )
+
+__version__ = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0282c67e..f0f6d7c6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 from textwrap import dedent
 
-version = '0.2.0'
+
+import ffmpeg
+
+
+version = ffmpeg.__version__
 download_url = 'https://github.com/kkroening/ffmpeg-python/archive/v{}.zip'.format(
     version
 )