diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a4dec66..1295471 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from setuptools import setup, Extension
 
-version = '20190115.3'
+version = {}
+with open('triangle/version.py') as f:
+    exec(f.read(), version)
 
 define_macros = [
     ('VOID', 'void'),
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='triangle',
-    version=version,
+    version=version['__version__'],
     description='Python binding to the triangle library',
     author='Dzhelil Rufat',
     author_email='d@rufat.be',
diff --git a/triangle/__init__.py b/triangle/__init__.py
index 227bd59..7255954 100644
--- a/triangle/__init__.py
+++ b/triangle/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-__version__ = '20190115.3'
-
+from triangle.version import (
+    __version__,
+)
 from triangle.data import (
     loads, load, get_data, show_data,
 )
diff --git a/triangle/version.py b/triangle/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f11b91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/triangle/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = '20190115.3'