--- a/pytevent.c
+++ b/pytevent.c
@@ -761,4 +761,6 @@ void init_tevent(void)
 
 	Py_INCREF(&TeventFd_Type);
 	PyModule_AddObject(m, "Fd", (PyObject *)&TeventFd_Type);
+
+	PyModule_AddObject(m, "__version__", PyString_FromString(PACKAGE_VERSION));
 }
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -92,7 +92,14 @@
                      'pytevent.c',
                      deps='tevent',
                      enabled=True,
-                     realname='_tevent.so')
+                     realname='_tevent.so',
+                     cflags='-DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"%s\"' % VERSION)
+    # install out various python scripts for use by make test
+    bld.SAMBA_SCRIPT('tevent_python',
+                 pattern='tevent.py',
+                 installdir='python')
+
+    bld.INSTALL_WILDCARD('${PYTHONDIR}', 'tevent.py', flat=False)
 
 
 def test(ctx):