diff --git a/qurator/dinglehopper/ocrd-tool.json b/qurator/dinglehopper/ocrd-tool.json
index 1e2b9b0..de9b521 100644
--- a/qurator/dinglehopper/ocrd-tool.json
+++ b/qurator/dinglehopper/ocrd-tool.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "git_url": "https://github.com/qurator-spk/dinglehopper",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
   "tools": {
     "ocrd-dinglehopper": {
       "executable": "ocrd-dinglehopper",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index be17cc6..9d85c53 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ with open("requirements.txt") as fp:
 with open('requirements-dev.txt') as fp:
     tests_require = fp.read()
 
+with open('ocrd-tool.json', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    version = load(f)['version']
+
 setup(
     name="dinglehopper",
+    version=version,
     author="Mike Gerber, The QURATOR SPK Team",
     author_email="mike.gerber@sbb.spk-berlin.de, qurator@sbb.spk-berlin.de",
     description="The OCR evaluation tool",