diff --git a/nbt/__init__.py b/nbt/__init__.py
index 1a0884d..bafa22d 100644
--- a/nbt/__init__.py
+++ b/nbt/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-from nbt import *
\ No newline at end of file
+from nbt import *
+
+VERSION = (1, 0)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5e1eea8..1a9f44e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 from distutils.core import setup
+from nbt import VERSION
 
 setup(
       name='NBT',
-      version='0.9',
+      version=".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION),
       description='Named Binary Tag Reader/Writer',
       author='Thomas Woolford',
       author_email='woolford.thomas@gmail.com',