diff --git a/sleekxmpp/__init__.py b/sleekxmpp/__init__.py
index 20f43671..5ad11742 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/__init__.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/__init__.py
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ from sleekxmpp.xmlstream.handler import *
 from sleekxmpp.xmlstream import XMLStream, RestartStream
 from sleekxmpp.xmlstream.matcher import *
 from sleekxmpp.xmlstream.stanzabase import StanzaBase, ET
+
+__version__ = '1.0beta5'
+__version_info__ = (1, 0, 0, 'beta5', 0)