diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 89758a40b..d13d99819 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,9 +2,19 @@
 # Note that this script only installs the python modules,
 # the other parts of crmsh are installed by autotools
 from setuptools import setup
+import contextlib
+import re
+
+VERSION = '0.0.1'
+
+with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
+    with open('version', 'r', encoding='ascii') as f:
+        match = re.match('^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+', f.read().strip())
+        if match:
+            VERSION = match.group(0)
 
 setup(name='crmsh',
-      version='4.5.0',
+      version=VERSION,
       description='Command-line interface for High-Availability cluster management',
       author='Kristoffer Gronlund, Xin Liang',
       author_email='XLiang@suse.com',
diff --git a/version.in b/version.in
index d78bda934..a24f9877a 100644
--- a/version.in
+++ b/version.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-@VERSION@
+@PACKAGE_VERSION@