diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 04ed2bff..e53d2045 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4)
 
 project(
   "ViennaLS"
-  VERSION 1.0.0)
+  VERSION 1.1.1)
+
+add_definitions(-DVIENNALS_VERSION=${PROJECT_VERSION})
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
diff --git a/Wrapping/CMakeLists.txt b/Wrapping/CMakeLists.txt
index c834b9e5..a77e00eb 100644
--- a/Wrapping/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Wrapping/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4)
 
 # lowercase viennaLS is the python export
-project(ViennaLSPython)
+project("ViennaLSPython"
+        VERSION ${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION})
 
 # include viennals
 set(ViennaHRLE_DIR $ENV{VIENNAHRLE_DIR})
diff --git a/Wrapping/pyWrap.cpp b/Wrapping/pyWrap.cpp
index 3853c94c..1338b817 100644
--- a/Wrapping/pyWrap.cpp
+++ b/Wrapping/pyWrap.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 #define TOKENPASTE_INTERNAL(x, y, z) x##y##z
 #define TOKENPASTE(x, y, z) TOKENPASTE_INTERNAL(x, y, z)
 #define VIENNALS_MODULE_NAME TOKENPASTE(viennaLS, VIENNALS_PYTHON_DIMENSION, d)
+#define STRINGIZE2(s) #s
+#define STRINGIZE(s) STRINGIZE2(s)
+#define VIENNALS_MODULE_VERSION STRINGIZE(VIENNALS_VERSION)
 
 #include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
 #include <pybind11/stl.h>
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ class PylsFastAdvectDistribution : public lsFastAdvectDistribution<T, D> {
   }
 };
 
-// REFERNCE HOLDING CLASS WRAPPERS
+// REFERENCE HOLDING CLASS WRAPPERS
 
 // maybe needed wrapper code once we move to smart pointers
 // https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/issues/1389
@@ -109,6 +112,9 @@ class PylsFastAdvectDistribution : public lsFastAdvectDistribution<T, D> {
 PYBIND11_MODULE(VIENNALS_MODULE_NAME, module) {
   module.doc() = "ViennaLS python module.";
 
+  // set version string of python module
+  module.attr("__version__") = VIENNALS_MODULE_VERSION;
+
   // lsAdvect
   pybind11::class_<lsAdvect<T, D>>(module, "lsAdvect")
       // constructors