diff --git a/.github/workflows/fabm.yml b/.github/workflows/fabm.yml
index 7014c3d7..23eb7a36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fabm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fabm.yml
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ jobs:
         run: python -m pip install .
       - name: Test
         run: |
-          python -c "import pyfabm"
+          python -c "import pyfabm;print('pyfabm version =', getattr(pyfabm, '__version__', None))"
           for f in testcases/*.yaml; do fabm_describe_model $f; done
           for f in testcases/*.yaml; do fabm_complete_yaml --add_missing $f; done
   fabm0d:
diff --git a/src/pyfabm/__init__.py b/src/pyfabm/__init__.py
index 73720aec..bc4d875d 100644
--- a/src/pyfabm/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pyfabm/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
     Sequence,
 )
 
+try:
+    import importlib.metadata
+
+    __version__ = importlib.metadata.version("pyfabm")
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
 try:
     import numpy as np
 except ImportError: