diff --git a/lib/fog.rb b/lib/fog.rb
index 90bfb3858..00f3d2b86 100644
--- a/lib/fog.rb
+++ b/lib/fog.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'fog', 'core')
 
 module Fog
-
-  unless const_defined?(:VERSION)
-    VERSION = '1.7.0'
-  end
-
 end
 
 # FIXME: these should go away (force usage of Fog::[Compute, CDN, DNS, Storage]  etc)
diff --git a/lib/fog/core.rb b/lib/fog/core.rb
index 41ff05ef8..b36a50fbd 100644
--- a/lib/fog/core.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/core.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ require 'time'
 require 'timeout'
 
 # internal core dependencies
+require "fog/version"
 require 'fog/core/attributes'
 require 'fog/core/collection'
 require 'fog/core/connection'
diff --git a/lib/fog/version.rb b/lib/fog/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75f0ea33a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fog/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module Fog
+  unless const_defined?(:VERSION)
+    VERSION = '1.7.0'
+  end
+end