diff --git a/.git_archival.txt b/.git_archival.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..082d6c25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git_archival.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ref-names: $Format:%D$
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diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82bf71c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.git_archival.txt  export-subst
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diff --git a/acis_thermal_check/__init__.py b/acis_thermal_check/__init__.py
index b85b2558..e1df3936 100644
--- a/acis_thermal_check/__init__.py
+++ b/acis_thermal_check/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-__version__ = "2.9.0"
+import ska_helpers
+
+__version__ = ska_helpers.get_version(__package__)
 
 from acis_thermal_check.main import \
     ACISThermalCheck, \
@@ -7,6 +9,7 @@
     calc_off_nom_rolls, get_options, \
     get_acis_limits, mylog
 
+
 def test(*args, **kwargs):
     '''
     Run py.test unit tests.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6e6e4360..6f38d571 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 
 setup(name='acis_thermal_check',
       packages=["acis_thermal_check"],
-      version=__version__,
+      use_scm_version=True,
+      setup_requires=['setuptools_scm', 'setuptools_scm_git_archive'],
       description='ACIS Thermal Model Library',
       author='John ZuHone',
       author_email='john.zuhone@cfa.harvard.edu',