diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 8e26290..fe25835 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@
 import sys
 import os
 on_rtd = os.getenv('READTHEDOCS') == 'True'
+from setuptools_scm import get_version
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))
+root = os.path.relpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
 
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -64,9 +66,9 @@ copyright = u'2016, Manuel F Martinez and others'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.0.8'
+version = get_version(root=root)
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.0.8'
+release = version
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 1cdf7f4..fd5f86f 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ pyusb
 Pillow>=2.0
 qrcode>=4.0
 pyserial
-sphinx-rtd-theme
\ No newline at end of file
+sphinx-rtd-theme
+setuptools-scm
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2727221..b2f2ba4 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Tox(TestCommand):
 
 setup(
     name='python-escpos',
-    version='1.0.9-dev',
+    use_scm_version=True,
     url='https://github.com/python-escpos/python-escpos',
     download_url='https://github.com/python-escpos/python-escpos/archive/master.zip',
     description='Python library to manipulate ESC/POS Printers',
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ setup(
         'pyserial',
         'six',
     ],
+    setup_requires=[
+        'setuptools_scm',
+    ],
     tests_require=['tox', 'nose'],
     cmdclass={'test': Tox},
 )