diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index b2fc327..f2116fa 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 recursive-include portail_citoyen_announces/locale *.po *.mo
 recursive-include portail_citoyen_announces/templates *.html *.txt
 recursive-include portail_citoyen_announces/static *.js *.css *.gif *.png *.jpg
+include VERSION
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ff9a731..557eb5d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 ''' Setup script for portail-citoyen-announces
 '''
 
+import glob
+import re
+import sys
+import os
+
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from setuptools.command.install_lib import install_lib as _install_lib
 from distutils.command.build import build as _build
-from distutils.command.sdist import sdist  as _sdist
+from distutils.command.sdist import sdist
 from distutils.cmd import Command
 
 class compile_translations(Command):
@@ -20,8 +25,6 @@ class compile_translations(Command):
         pass
 
     def run(self):
-        import os
-        import sys
         from django.core.management.commands.compilemessages import \
             compile_messages
         for path in ['portail_citoyen_announces']:
@@ -42,12 +45,29 @@ class install_lib(_install_lib):
         self.run_command('compile_translations')
         _install_lib.run(self)
 
+class eo_sdist(sdist):
+
+    def run(self):
+        print "creating VERSION file"
+        if os.path.exists('VERSION'):
+            os.remove('VERSION')
+        version = get_version()
+        version_file = open('VERSION', 'w')
+        version_file.write(version)
+        version_file.close()
+        sdist.run(self)
+        print "removing VERSION file"
+        if os.path.exists('VERSION'):
+            os.remove('VERSION')
+
 def get_version():
-    import glob
-    import re
-    import os
 
     version = None
+    if os.path.exists('VERSION'):
+        version_file = open('VERSION', 'r')
+        version = version_file.read()
+        version_file.close()
+        return version
     for d in glob.glob('*'):
         if not os.path.isdir(d):
             continue
@@ -90,5 +110,6 @@ setup(name="portail_citoyen_announces",
       ],
       dependency_links=[],
       cmdclass={'build': build, 'install_lib': install_lib,
-          'compile_translations': compile_translations},
+          'compile_translations': compile_translations,
+          'sdist': eo_sdist},
 )