diff --git a/meraki/__init__.py b/meraki/__init__.py
index d9667d5b..d3ed035b 100644
--- a/meraki/__init__.py
+++ b/meraki/__init__.py
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@
     MAXIMUM_RETRIES, OUTPUT_LOG, LOG_PATH, LOG_FILE_PREFIX, PRINT_TO_CONSOLE, SIMULATE_API_CALLS
 )
 
+__version__ = '0.80.3'
+
 
 class DashboardAPI(object):
     """
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b1d56601..85cd3e03 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,16 +1,39 @@
 """Setup script for meraki"""
 
 import os.path
+import re
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+PACKAGE_INIT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join('meraki', '__init__.py'))
 
 with open(os.path.join(HERE, 'README.md')) as fid:
     README = fid.read()
 
+
+def find_version(fname):
+    '''Attempts to find the version number in the file names fname.
+    Raises RuntimeError if not found.
+    '''
+    version = ''
+    with open(fname, 'r') as fp:
+        reg = re.compile(r'__version__ = [\'"]([^\'"]*)[\'"]')
+        for line in fp:
+            m = reg.match(line)
+            if m:
+                version = m.group(1)
+                break
+    if not version:
+        raise RuntimeError('Cannot find version information')
+    return version
+
+
+__version__ = find_version(PACKAGE_INIT)
+
+
 setup(
     name='meraki',
-    version='0.70.5',
+    version=__version__,
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=['requests'],