diff --git a/src/cmsstyle/_version.py b/src/cmsstyle/_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f7f037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmsstyle/_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+version = "0.0.0"
+version_tuple = (0, 0, 0)