diff --git a/miniconf-py/miniconf/__init__.py b/miniconf-py/miniconf/__init__.py
index 1d47069..227f258 100644
--- a/miniconf-py/miniconf/__init__.py
+++ b/miniconf-py/miniconf/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 from .miniconf import Miniconf
-
-__version__ = '1.0.0'
+from .version import __version__
diff --git a/miniconf-py/miniconf/version.py b/miniconf-py/miniconf/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ae5549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/miniconf-py/miniconf/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+__version__ = '1.0.0'
diff --git a/miniconf-py/setup.py b/miniconf-py/setup.py
index 9e07048..220b3c3 100644
--- a/miniconf-py/setup.py
+++ b/miniconf-py/setup.py
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+"""
+Author: Vertigo Designs, Ryan Summers
+
+Description: Setup file for Miniconf packaging.
+"""
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-import miniconf
+# Load the version string from the version file.
+execfile('miniconf/version.py')
 
 setup(name='miniconf',
-      version=miniconf.__version__,
+      version=__version__,
       author='Ryan Summers, Robert Jördens',
       description='Utilities for configuring Miniconf-configurable devices',
       url='https://github.com/quartiq/miniconf',