diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2fb7802..3585231 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,3 +13,9 @@ publish: clean
 	python setup.py sdist upload
 	python setup.py bdist_egg upload
 	python setup.py bdist_wininst upload
+
+test_version:
+	PYTHONPATH=. python -m scour.scour --version
+
+test_help:
+	PYTHONPATH=. python -m scour.scour --help
diff --git a/scour/__init__.py b/scour/__init__.py
index 1282886..7a305fc 100644
--- a/scour/__init__.py
+++ b/scour/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ###############################################################################
 ##
-##  Copyright (C) 2013 Tavendo GmbH
+##  Copyright (C) 2010 Jeff Schiller, 2010 Louis Simard, 2013-2015 Tavendo GmbH
 ##
 ##  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 ##  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@
 ##  limitations under the License.
 ##
 ###############################################################################
+
+__version__ = u'0.31'
diff --git a/scour/scour.py b/scour/scour.py
index 5747483..978d45d 100644
--- a/scour/scour.py
+++ b/scour/scour.py
@@ -76,9 +76,11 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
    pass
 
-APP = 'scour'
-VER = '0.30'
-COPYRIGHT = 'Copyright Jeff Schiller, Louis Simard, 2010'
+from scour import __version__
+
+APP = u'scour'
+VER = __version__
+COPYRIGHT = u'Copyright Jeff Schiller, Louis Simard, 2010'
 
 NS = {'SVG':      'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg',
       'XLINK':    'http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink',
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1ced1ee..cb38584 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 ##
 ###############################################################################
 
+import re
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 LONGDESC = """
@@ -30,9 +31,19 @@ Authors:
   - Tobias Oberstein (maintainer)
 """
 
+VERSIONFILE = "scour/__init__.py"
+verstrline = open(VERSIONFILE, "rt").read()
+VSRE = r"^__version__ = u['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]"
+mo = re.search(VSRE, verstrline, re.M)
+if mo:
+    verstr = mo.group(1)
+else:
+    raise RuntimeError("Unable to find version string in %s." % (VERSIONFILE,))
+
+
 setup (
    name = 'scour',
-   version = '0.30',
+   version = verstr,
    description = 'Scour SVG Optimizer',
 #   long_description = open("README.md").read(),
    long_description = LONGDESC,