diff --git a/lti_consumer/__init__.py b/lti_consumer/__init__.py
index fede4331574bf16c8dd739fe038b8e3aa50c8394..8fc74abf5d218a9c1d7fb4e74cb251d12ca95612 100644
--- a/lti_consumer/__init__.py
+++ b/lti_consumer/__init__.py
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ Runtime will load the XBlock class from here.
 """
 from .lti_xblock import LtiConsumerXBlock
 from .apps import LTIConsumerApp
+
+__version__ = '3.1.0'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 999a83eae966ddbebf2f8d391433cd04de98c142..7d1a77f6cab25f9d3206794483e745e0a9c3265f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -91,9 +91,26 @@ def is_requirement(line):
 with open('README.rst') as _f:
     long_description = _f.read()
 
+
+def get_version(file_path):
+    """
+    Extract the version string from the file at the given relative path fragments.
+    """
+    filename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), file_path)
+    with open(filename, encoding='utf-8') as opened_file:
+        version_file = opened_file.read()
+        version_match = re.search(r"(?m)^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]+)['\"]", version_file)
+    if version_match:
+        return version_match.group(1)
+    raise RuntimeError('Unable to find version string.')
+
+
+VERSION = get_version("lti_consumer/__init__.py")
+
+
 setup(
     name='lti-consumer-xblock',
-    version='3.1.0',
+    version=VERSION,
     author='Open edX project',
     author_email='oscm@edx.org',
     description='This XBlock implements the consumer side of the LTI specification.',