diff --git a/src/isar/__init__.py b/src/isar/__init__.py
index e69de29b..9c967cac 100644
--- a/src/isar/__init__.py
+++ b/src/isar/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, get_distribution
+
+try:
+    __version__ = get_distribution(__name__).version
+except DistributionNotFound:
+    pass  # package is not installed