diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2cd8bba..32e1b1f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ set_property( TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE )
 # set the right output file name for the the python core module library
 set_target_properties( ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES PREFIX "" OUTPUT_NAME "deviceaccess" )
 
+target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
+    PYTHON_MODULE_VERSION="${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION}")
+
 # Copy Python part to build directory (required for tests to run)
 file( COPY mtca4u.py DESTINATION ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} )
 
diff --git a/src/deviceaccessPython.cc b/src/deviceaccessPython.cc
index b2d44d3..e098f45 100644
--- a/src/deviceaccessPython.cc
+++ b/src/deviceaccessPython.cc
@@ -165,4 +165,5 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(deviceaccess, m) {
       exc("Thread Interrupted");
     }
   });
+  m.attr("__version__") = PYTHON_MODULE_VERSION;
 }