diff --git a/snikket_web/__init__.py b/snikket_web/__init__.py
index 9e2617f..335aced 100644
--- a/snikket_web/__init__.py
+++ b/snikket_web/__init__.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ from quart import (
 from . import colour
 from .prosodyclient import client
 
+from ._version import version, version_info
+
 app = Quart(__name__)
 app.config.from_envvar("SNIKKET_WEB_CONFIG")
 
diff --git a/snikket_web/_version.py b/snikket_web/_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab7225e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snikket_web/_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+version_info = (0, 1, 0, "a0")
+version = (
+    ".".join(map(str, version_info[:3])) +
+    (f"-{version_info[3]}" if version_info[3] else "")
+)