diff --git a/kas/__init__.py b/kas/__init__.py
index dbd2fd7..804ca5b 100644
--- a/kas/__init__.py
+++ b/kas/__init__.py
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@
 
 __license__ = 'MIT'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2017'
+from .__version__ import __version__
diff --git a/kas/kas.py b/kas/kas.py
index 6294e73..a32b3bf 100644
--- a/kas/kas.py
+++ b/kas/kas.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 from .build import Build
 from .shell import Shell
-from .__version__ import __version__
+from . import __version__
 
 __license__ = 'MIT'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2017'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f543290..f619deb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from os import path
 
-from kas.__version__ import __version__
+from kas import __version__
 
 __license__ = 'MIT'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2017'