diff --git a/lib/fog.rb b/lib/fog.rb
index 47db4b8d7..b02df3199 100644
--- a/lib/fog.rb
+++ b/lib/fog.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 __LIB_DIR__ = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift __LIB_DIR__ unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(__LIB_DIR__)
 
+# load version info
+require 'fog/version'
+
 # Use core
 require 'fog/core'