diff --git a/google/ads/googleads/client.py b/google/ads/googleads/client.py
index 671f5263f..007f8e445 100644
--- a/google/ads/googleads/client.py
+++ b/google/ads/googleads/client.py
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@
 
 # Retrieve the version of this client library to be sent in the user-agent
 # information of API calls.
-_CLIENT_INFO = ClientInfo(client_library_version=metadata.version("google-ads"))
+try:
+    _CLIENT_INFO = ClientInfo(client_library_version=metadata.version("google-ads"))
+except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+    _CLIENT_INFO = ClientInfo()
 
 # See options at grpc.github.io/grpc/core/group__grpc__arg__keys.html
 _GRPC_CHANNEL_OPTIONS = [