diff --git a/.circleci/deploy.sh b/.circleci/deploy.sh
index a541007c7..06bf44f6c 100755
--- a/.circleci/deploy.sh
+++ b/.circleci/deploy.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git add *
 git config --global user.email "deploybot@nowhere.com"
 git config --global user.name "Deploybot"
 git commit -m << END
-Deployed from Circle-CI $CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM"
+Deployed from Circle-CI $CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM
 
 Version $(git describe --tags --always)
 END
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7274f4df0..5ffd2f2ca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ root/.built: \
 	cp src/pyodide.py root/lib/python$(PYMINOR)/site-packages
 	if command -v git > /dev/null 2>&1 \
 			&& git describe --tags > /dev/null 2>&1; then \
-	sed -i "s/__version__ =.*/__version__ = '$(shell git describe --tags)'/g" root/lib/python$(PYMINOR)/site-packages/pyodide.py; \
+	sed -i "s/__version__ =.*/__version__ = '$(shell git describe --tags)'/g" \
+		root/lib/python$(PYMINOR)/site-packages/pyodide.py; \
 	fi
 	( \
 		cd root/lib/python$(PYMINOR); \
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 9a3327826..a418c2cd7 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 
   if (js2python_init() || JsImport_init() || JsProxy_init() ||
       pyimport_init() || pyproxy_init() || python2js_init() ||
-      runpython_init_js() || runpython_init_py()) {
+      runpython_init_js() || runpython_init_py() || runpython_finalize_js()) {
     return 1;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/runpython.c b/src/runpython.c
index 9594775c5..269f86c40 100644
--- a/src/runpython.c
+++ b/src/runpython.c
@@ -68,3 +68,12 @@ runpython_init_py()
   Py_DECREF(d);
   return 0;
 }
+
+EM_JS(int, runpython_finalize_js, (), {
+  Module.version = function()
+  {
+    Module.runPython("import pyodide");
+    return Module.runPython("pyodide.__version__");
+  };
+  return 0;
+});
diff --git a/src/runpython.h b/src/runpython.h
index 344dd35fd..0d2ae6e8a 100644
--- a/src/runpython.h
+++ b/src/runpython.h
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ runpython_init_js();
 int
 runpython_init_py();
 
+int
+runpython_finalize_js();
+
 #endif /* RUNPYTHON_H */
diff --git a/test/test_python.py b/test/test_python.py
index aa87a0623..90ab9f8b3 100644
--- a/test/test_python.py
+++ b/test/test_python.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import os
 from pathlib import Path
 import time
 
-
 import pytest
 
 
@@ -391,3 +390,19 @@ def test_load_package_after_convert_string(selenium):
     selenium.load_package('kiwisolver')
     selenium.run(
         "import kiwisolver")
+
+
+def test_version_info(selenium):
+    from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+
+    version_py_str = selenium.run("""
+            import pyodide
+
+            pyodide.__version__
+            """)
+    version_py = LooseVersion(version_py_str)
+    assert version_py > LooseVersion('0.0.1')
+
+    version_js_str = selenium.run_js("return pyodide.version()")
+    version_js = LooseVersion(version_js_str)
+    assert version_py == version_js