diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e583657..767c627 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ fn tantivy(_py: Python, m: &Bound<PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
 
     m.add_wrapped(wrap_pymodule!(query_parser_error))?;
 
+    m.add("__version__", tv::version_string())?;
+
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/tantivy/tantivy.pyi b/tantivy/tantivy.pyi
index 316075f..a2fae48 100644
--- a/tantivy/tantivy.pyi
+++ b/tantivy/tantivy.pyi
@@ -439,3 +439,6 @@ class SnippetGenerator:
 
     def set_max_num_chars(self, max_num_chars: int) -> None:
         pass
+
+__version__: str
+