diff --git a/spacy/__init__.py b/spacy/__init__.py
index 8e8cf991b..68ac4c07b 100644
--- a/spacy/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import pathlib
 
 from .util import set_lang_class, get_lang_class
+from .about import __version__
 
 from . import en
 from . import de