diff --git a/python/mujoco/__init__.py b/python/mujoco/__init__.py
index 63e4e598..ea0e3e6d 100644
--- a/python/mujoco/__init__.py
+++ b/python/mujoco/__init__.py
@@ -79,3 +79,5 @@ if _MUJOCO_GL not in _MUJOCO_GL_DISABLE:
       from mujoco.egl import GLContext
     else:
       from mujoco.glfw import GLContext
+
+__version__ = mj_versionString()  # pylint: disable=undefined-variable