diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index 0e9021aa..bbc09299 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
     "email": "Your email",
     "description": "A short description of the project.",
     "year": "2013",
-    "domain_name": "example.com"
+    "domain_name": "example.com",
+    "version": "0.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/__init__.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..704b5032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = '{{ cookiecutter.version }}'