diff --git a/beaker-vmpooler.gemspec b/beaker-vmpooler.gemspec
index ee4de3b..1b195d5 100644
--- a/beaker-vmpooler.gemspec
+++ b/beaker-vmpooler.gemspec
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
+require 'beaker-vmpooler/version'
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = "beaker-vmpooler"
-  s.version     = '0.0.1'
+  s.version     = BeakerVmpooler::VERSION
   s.authors     = ["Rishi Javia, Kevin Imber, Tony Vu"]
   s.email       = ["rishi.javia@puppet.com, kevin.imber@puppet.com, tony.vu@puppet.com"]
   s.homepage    = "https://github.com/puppetlabs/beaker-vmpooler"
diff --git a/lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb b/lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e85564a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module BeakerVmpooler
+  VERSION = '0.0.1'
+end