diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index beff6ab..cd80fa2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ before_install:
 install: "pip install -r travis-requirements.txt --use-mirrors"
 
 # command to run tests
+# 2.7 should skip no more than 342 tests
+# 3.3 should skip no more than 339 tests
 script: "python -m unittest discover"
 
 notifications:
diff --git a/glymur/version.py b/glymur/version.py
index 5e4122b..04004fd 100644
--- a/glymur/version.py
+++ b/glymur/version.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from .lib import openjpeg as opj
 from .lib import openjp2 as opj2
 
+# Do not change the format of this next line!  Doing so risks breaking
+# setup.py
 version = "0.5.4"
 _sv = LooseVersion(version)
 version_tuple = _sv.version
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8d62705..89e69f7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+import os
+import re
 import sys
 
 kwargs = {'name': 'Glymur',
@@ -38,7 +40,11 @@ clssfrs = ["Programming Language :: Python",
            "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules"]
 kwargs['classifiers'] = clssfrs
 
-import glymur
-kwargs['version'] = glymur.version.version
+# Get the version string.  Cannot do this by importing glymur!
+version_file = os.path.join('glymur', 'version.py')
+with open('glymur/version.py', 'rt') as fptr:
+    contents = fptr.read()
+    match = re.search('version\s*=\s*"(?P<version>\d*.\d*.\d*.*)"\n', contents)
+    kwargs['version'] = match.group('version')
 
 setup(**kwargs)