diff --git a/fun_text_processing/__init__.py b/fun_text_processing/__init__.py
index 8b1378917..da896911b 100644
--- a/fun_text_processing/__init__.py
+++ b/fun_text_processing/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
+"""Initialize fun_text_processing package."""
 
+import os
+
+dirname = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+version_file = os.path.join(dirname, "version.txt")
+with open(version_file, "r") as f:
+    __version__ = f.read().strip()
diff --git a/fun_text_processing/version.txt b/fun_text_processing/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e8bf73aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fun_text_processing/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.1.0