diff --git a/migrate/__init__.py b/migrate/__init__.py
index 68e8d62..5e765d9 100644
--- a/migrate/__init__.py
+++ b/migrate/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
    using Python.
 """
 
+import pkg_resources
+
 from migrate.versioning import *
 from migrate.changeset import *
 
-__version__ = '0.8.1'
+__version__ = pkg_resources.get_provider(
+    pkg_resources.Requirement.parse('sqlalchemy-migrate')).version