diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cd47f2d..b05472f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@
 with open("README.md", "r") as f:
     long_desc = f.read()
 
+with open("zebranoise/_version.py", "r") as f:
+    exec(f.read())
+
 setup(
     name='zebranoise',
-    version='0.1',
+    version=__version__,
     description='Zebra noise stimuli for Python',
     long_description = long_desc,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
diff --git a/zebranoise/_version.py b/zebranoise/_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b794fd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zebranoise/_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = '0.1.0'