diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 68bc17f..124b141 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -158,3 +158,5 @@ cython_debug/
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
+
+psrecord/_version.py
diff --git a/psrecord/__init__.py b/psrecord/__init__.py
index 3e5b57c..54f58a8 100644
--- a/psrecord/__init__.py
+++ b/psrecord/__init__.py
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@
 
 __all__ = ["main", "monitor"]
 
-__version__ = "1.3.dev0"
+from ._version import __version__
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ff97971..148c76a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = [
-    "setuptools>=61.2",
-]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+version_file = "psrecord/_version.py"
+
 [project]
 name = "psrecord"
 version = "1.3.dev0"