diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dfacc5e..be21344 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,8 +2,26 @@
 import os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
+
+import re
+here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+version_re = re.compile(
+    r'__version__ = (\(.*?\))')
+fp = open(os.path.join(here, 'coffin', '__init__.py'))
+version = None
+for line in fp:
+    match = version_re.search(line)
+    if match:
+        version = eval(match.group(1))
+        break
+else:
+    raise Exception("Cannot find version in __init__.py")
+fp.close()
+
+
+
 setup(name='Coffin',
-    version=".".join(map(str, __import__("coffin").__version__)),
+    version=".".join(map(str, version)),
     description='Jinja2 adapter for Django',
     author='Christopher D. Leary',
     author_email='cdleary@gmail.com',