--- a/src/ldt/setup.py	Tue May 03 17:17:17 2011 +0200
+++ b/src/ldt/setup.py	Tue May 03 17:20:47 2011 +0200
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@
 ROOT_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 SOURCE_DIR = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, 'ldt')
 
-version = __import__('ldt').__version__
+version_variables = {}
+try:
+    execfile(os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR, "__init__.py"), version_variables)
+except:
+    pass
+
+version = version_variables['__version__']
 
 def fullsplit(path, result=None):
     """