diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index a9e98e2b..8ffd8cda 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -49,9 +49,16 @@ copyright = u'2009, SciPy Developers'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.1'
+
+setup_lines = open('../../setup.py').readlines()
+version = 'vUndefined'
+for l in setup_lines:
+    if l.startswith('VERSION'):
+        version = l.split("'")[1]
+        break
+
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.1'
+release = version
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.