diff --git a/TTS/__init__.py b/TTS/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2..8dee4bf825 100644
--- a/TTS/__init__.py
+++ b/TTS/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from ._version import __version__
diff --git a/TTS/_version.py b/TTS/_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7d14b115c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TTS/_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = '0.0.13.2'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index abed43a2f1..a68b09e0de 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import subprocess
 import sys
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+from TTS._version import __version__
 
 import numpy
 import setuptools.command.build_py
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
     )
 
 
-version = '0.0.13.2'
+version = __version__
 cwd = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
 class build_py(setuptools.command.build_py.build_py):  # pylint: disable=too-many-ancestors