diff --git a/pyerrors/__init__.py b/pyerrors/__init__.py
index eecf1130..29e04ac1 100644
--- a/pyerrors/__init__.py
+++ b/pyerrors/__init__.py
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ from . import misc
 from . import mpm
 from . import npr
 from . import roots
+
+from .version import __version__
diff --git a/pyerrors/version.py b/pyerrors/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c0d5d5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyerrors/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "2.0.0"