diff --git a/nsupdate/__init__.py b/nsupdate/__init__.py
index 1f39d48..de68a22 100644
--- a/nsupdate/__init__.py
+++ b/nsupdate/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ nsupdate - dynamic DNS service
 
 import re
 
+from setuptools_scm import get_version
+
 
 class Version(tuple):  # pragma: no cover
     """
@@ -62,4 +64,4 @@ class Version(tuple):  # pragma: no cover
         return version_str
 
 
-version = Version(0, 12, 0)
+version = get_version()
diff --git a/requirements.d/all.txt b/requirements.d/all.txt
index e194507..21ba795 100644
--- a/requirements.d/all.txt
+++ b/requirements.d/all.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ django-registration-redux
 django-extensions
 social-auth-app-django
 requests
+setuptools-scm
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ef33a9b..af46bf5 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ upload-dir = docs/_build/html
 [tool:pytest]
 DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = nsupdate.settings.dev
 pep8maxlinelength = 120
-norecursedirs = .git
+norecursedirs = .git .eggs
 pep8ignore =
  *.py E124  # closing bracket does not match visual indentation (behaves strange!?)
  *.py E125  # continuation line does not distinguish itself from next logical line (difficult to avoid!)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6e61d26..543b32f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@ setup for nsupdate package
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-from nsupdate import version
 
 with open('README.rst') as f:
     readme_content = f.read()
 
 setup(
     name='nsupdate',
-    version=str(version),
+    use_scm_version=True,
     url='http://github.com/nsupdate-info/nsupdate.info/',
     license='BSD',
     author='The nsupdate.info Team (see AUTHORS)',
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ setup(
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=False,
     platforms='any',
+    setup_requires=['setuptools_scm'],
     install_requires=[
         'dnspython',
         'netaddr',
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ setup(
         'django-extensions',
         'social-auth-app-django',
         'requests',  # for our ddns_client
+        'setuptools_scm'
     ],
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',