diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3a0489e..d6dab5a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@
   <dependencies/>
 
   <build>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+        <filtering>true</filtering>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/Version.java b/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/Version.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3db05df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/Version.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package org.umlgraph.doclet;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+class Version {
+    private final static String filename = "version.properties";
+    private final static String key = "umlgraph.version";
+    public static String VERSION;
+
+    static {
+        Properties props = new Properties();
+        InputStream in = Version.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(filename);
+        try {
+            props.load(in);
+            if (props.get(key) == null) {
+                System.err.println("Could not find version property");
+                VERSION = "0";
+            } else {
+                VERSION = props.get(key).toString();
+            }
+
+            in.close();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/version.properties b/src/main/resources/version.properties
index e69de29..3d3ff90 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/version.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/version.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+umlgraph.version=${pom.version}
\ No newline at end of file