diff --git a/llama_cpp/__init__.py b/llama_cpp/__init__.py
index dce1764..cfea00e 100644
--- a/llama_cpp/__init__.py
+++ b/llama_cpp/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 from .llama_cpp import *
 from .llama import *
+
+from .version import __version__
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/llama_cpp/version.py b/llama_cpp/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5a66f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llama_cpp/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "0.1.84"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9ead113..54ff975 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ from pathlib import Path
 this_directory = Path(__file__).parent
 long_description = (this_directory / "README.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
 
+exec(open('llama_cpp/version.py').read())
+
 setup(
     name="llama_cpp_python",
     description="A Python wrapper for llama.cpp",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    version="0.1.84",
+    version=__version__,
     author="Andrei Betlen",
     author_email="abetlen@gmail.com",
     license="MIT",
diff --git a/tests/test_llama.py b/tests/test_llama.py
index c240122..3b432b5 100644
--- a/tests/test_llama.py
+++ b/tests/test_llama.py
@@ -181,3 +181,6 @@ def test_llama_server():
             }
         ],
     }
+
+def test_llama_cpp_version():
+    assert llama_cpp.__version__