diff --git a/.git_archival.txt b/.git_archival.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95cb3eea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git_archival.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ref-names: $Format:%D$
diff --git a/pysindy/__init__.py b/pysindy/__init__.py
index c86362970..fc73c1218 100644
--- a/pysindy/__init__.py
+++ b/pysindy/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
+
+try:
+    __version__ = get_distribution(__name__).version
+except DistributionNotFound:
+    pass
+
+
 from pysindy.pysindy import SINDy
 from pysindy.differentiation import *
 from pysindy.optimizers import *
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 7f51207c9..98bdfde45 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ pytest-lazy-fixture
 pytest-flake8
 flake8-builtins-unleashed
 codecov
-pre-commit
+setuptools_scm
+setuptools_scm_git_archive
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 906f97e8d..a3abdcfbd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
 
 setup(
     name=NAME,
-    version="0.0.1",
+    use_scm_version=True,
+    setup_requires=["setuptools_scm", "setuptools_scm_git_archive"],
     description=DESCRIPTION,
     long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
     author=AUTHOR,