diff --git a/biscuit/core/__init__.py b/biscuit/core/__init__.py
index cae73705779c8c016e545c4d619449e5f88d4e3d..ef696833a713e9bad35ffaeff41cdf46aa7ebd4e 100644
--- a/biscuit/core/__init__.py
+++ b/biscuit/core/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
+import pkg_resources
+
+try:
+    __version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution('BiscuIT-ng').version
+except Exception:
+    __version__ = 'unknown'
+
 default_app_config = 'biscuit.core.apps.CoreConfig'