diff --git a/src/mysql/__init__.py b/src/mysql/__init__.py
index 79935b7..1724e5e 100644
--- a/src/mysql/__init__.py
+++ b/src/mysql/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
+
 from .mysql import MysqlDB
 
 __all__ = ["MysqlDB"]
+
+try:
+    __version__ = version("mysql")
+except PackageNotFoundError:
+    __version__ = "0.0.0+unknown"