diff --git a/pyopencl/__init__.py b/pyopencl/__init__.py
index 0a026eedbff760f4ff333c77680d26a72622b54c..622a9756e4c716af10b0dc353bfbcbd4bc1c621e 100644
--- a/pyopencl/__init__.py
+++ b/pyopencl/__init__.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import pyopencl.cltypes  # noqa: F401
 from pyopencl.version import VERSION, VERSION_STATUS, VERSION_TEXT  # noqa: F401
 
 
+__version__ = VERSION_TEXT
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # This supports ocl-icd find shipped OpenCL ICDs, cf.