diff --git a/module.cpp b/module.cpp
index f0cae64..77556d6 100644
--- a/module.cpp
+++ b/module.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <Python.h>
 #include "MurmurHash3.h"
+#include "version.py"
 
 static PyObject *hash32(PyObject *, PyObject *);
 static PyObject *hash128(PyObject *, PyObject *);
@@ -145,12 +146,16 @@ static PyObject *hash128_64(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION <= 2
     /* Python 1.x/2.x */
     
-    extern "C"
-    PyMODINIT_FUNC
+    extern "C" PyMODINIT_FUNC
     initmurmur3(void)
     {
         //Py_Initialize();
-        (void) Py_InitModule3("murmur3", methods, (char *)documentation);
+        PyObject *module;
+        
+        module = Py_InitModule3("murmur3", methods, (char *)documentation);
+        if (!module) return;
+        
+        PyModule_AddStringConstant(module, "__version__", MODULE_VERSION);
     }
 #else
     /* Python 3.x */
@@ -167,13 +172,15 @@ static PyObject *hash128_64(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
         NULL
     };
 
-    extern "C"
-    PyMODINIT_FUNC
+    extern "C" PyMODINIT_FUNC
     PyInit_murmur3(void)
     {
         PyObject *module;
     
         module = PyModule_Create(&murmur3_module);
+        if (!module) return module;
+        PyModule_AddStringConstant(module, "__version__", MODULE_VERSION);
+        
         return module;
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5f1f6e4..dd89364 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from distutils.core import setup, Extension
+import version
 
 setup(
     name = 'murmur3',
-    version = '0.2',
+    version = version.MODULE_VERSION,
     ext_modules = [
         Extension('murmur3', ['module.cpp', 'MurmurHash3.cpp'],),
         ],
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..596d498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#ifndef __FILE__
+MODULE_VERSION = "0.2.0"
+#else
+#define MODULE_VERSION "0.2.0"
+#endif
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