diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd174edf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+perl -ne 'print $1 if'" /@@version.*'([\d.]+)'/" "$(dirname "$0")/lib/stripe.rb"