diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fa42978..736571b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='jsonconversion',
-    version='0.2.2',
+    version='0.2.3',
     url='https://github.com/DLR-RM/python-jsonconversion',
     download_url='https://github.com/DLR-RM/python-jsonconversion/archive/0.2.2.tar.gz',
     license='BSD',
diff --git a/src/jsonconversion/__init__.py b/src/jsonconversion/__init__.py
index 01a955e..076570b 100644
--- a/src/jsonconversion/__init__.py
+++ b/src/jsonconversion/__init__.py
@@ -8,3 +8,10 @@
 # Contributors:
 # Franz Steinmetz <franz.steinmetz@dlr.de>
 
+from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
+
+try:
+    __version__ = get_distribution("jsonconversion").version
+except DistributionNotFound:
+    __version__ = "unknown"
+