diff --git a/djrill/__init__.py b/djrill/__init__.py
index 565b557..b8acf10 100644
--- a/djrill/__init__.py
+++ b/djrill/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ from django.utils.text import capfirst
 
 from djrill.exceptions import MandrillAPIError, NotSupportedByMandrillError
 
-VERSION = (0, 3, 1)
-__version__ = '.'.join([str(x) for x in VERSION])
+from ._version import *
 
 # This backend was developed against this API endpoint.
 # You can override in settings.py, if desired.
diff --git a/djrill/_version.py b/djrill/_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5801cf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/djrill/_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+VERSION = (0, 3, 1)
+__version__ = '.'.join([str(x) for x in VERSION])
+__minor_version__ = '.'.join([str(x) for x in VERSION[:2]])  # Sphinx's X.Y "version"
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 2dfe240..49222ff 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ import sys, os
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-#sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))
+
+execfile('../djrill/_version.py')
 
 # -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -48,9 +50,9 @@ copyright = u'2013, Djrill contributors (see AUTHORS.txt)'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.3'
+version = __minor_version__
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.3.1'
+release = __version__
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 34a0c0a..bd08c5d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from setuptools import setup
+execfile('djrill/_version.py')
 
 with open('LICENSE') as file:
     license_text = file.read()
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ with open('README.rst') as file:
 
 setup(
     name="djrill",
-    version="0.3.1",
+    version=__version__,
     description='Django email backend for Mandrill.',
     keywords="django, mailchimp, mandrill, email, email backend",
     author="Kenneth Love <kenneth@brack3t.com>, Chris Jones <chris@brack3t.com>",