diff --git a/lib/haml.rb b/lib/haml.rb
index 0e9c8b29..99d06426 100644
--- a/lib/haml.rb
+++ b/lib/haml.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 dir = File.dirname(__FILE__)
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift dir unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(dir)
 
+require 'haml/version'
+
 # = Haml (XHTML Abstraction Markup Language)
 #
 # Haml is a markup language
@@ -1001,52 +1003,11 @@ $LOAD_PATH.unshift dir unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(dir)
 #                           See also Whitespace Preservation, above.
 #
 module Haml
-  # Returns a hash representing the version of Haml.
-  # The :major, :minor, and :teeny keys have their respective numbers.
-  # The :string key contains a human-readable string representation of the version.
-  # If Haml is checked out from Git,
-  # the :rev key will have the revision hash.
-  def self.version
-    return @@version if defined?(@@version)
 
-    numbers = File.read(scope('VERSION')).strip.split('.').map { |n| n.to_i }
-    @@version = {
-      :major => numbers[0],
-      :minor => numbers[1],
-      :teeny => numbers[2]
-    }
-    @@version[:string] = [:major, :minor, :teeny].map { |comp| @@version[comp] }.compact.join('.')
-
-    if File.exists?(scope('REVISION'))
-      rev = File.read(scope('REVISION')).strip
-      rev = nil if rev !~ /^([a-f0-9]+|\(.*\))$/
-    end
-
-    if rev.nil? && File.exists?(scope('.git/HEAD'))
-      rev = File.read(scope('.git/HEAD')).strip
-      if rev =~ /^ref: (.*)$/
-        rev = File.read(scope(".git/#{$1}")).strip
-      end
-    end
-
-    if rev
-      @@version[:rev] = rev
-      unless rev[0] == ?(
-        @@version[:string] << "."
-        @@version[:string] << rev[0...7]
-      end
-    end
-
-    @@version
-  end
-
-  # Returns the path of file relative to the Haml root.
-  def self.scope(file) # :nodoc:
-    File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', file)
-  end
+  extend Haml::Version
 
   # A string representing the version of Haml.
-  # A more fine-grained representation is generated by Haml.version.
+  # A more fine-grained representation is available from Haml.version.
   VERSION = version[:string] unless defined?(Haml::VERSION)
 
   # This method is called by init.rb,
diff --git a/lib/haml/version.rb b/lib/haml/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..163183f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/haml/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+module Haml
+  module Version
+    # Returns a hash representing the version of Haml.
+    # The :major, :minor, and :teeny keys have their respective numbers.
+    # The :string key contains a human-readable string representation of the version.
+    # If Haml is checked out from Git,
+    # the :rev key will have the revision hash.
+    def version
+      return @@version if defined?(@@version)
+
+      numbers = File.read(scope('VERSION')).strip.split('.').map { |n| n.to_i }
+      @@version = {
+        :major => numbers[0],
+        :minor => numbers[1],
+        :teeny => numbers[2]
+      }
+      @@version[:string] = [:major, :minor, :teeny].map { |comp| @@version[comp] }.compact.join('.')
+
+      if File.exists?(scope('REVISION'))
+        rev = File.read(scope('REVISION')).strip
+        rev = nil if rev !~ /^([a-f0-9]+|\(.*\))$/
+      end
+
+      if rev.nil? && File.exists?(scope('.git/HEAD'))
+        rev = File.read(scope('.git/HEAD')).strip
+        if rev =~ /^ref: (.*)$/
+          rev = File.read(scope(".git/#{$1}")).strip
+        end
+      end
+
+      if rev
+        @@version[:rev] = rev
+        unless rev[0] == ?(
+          @@version[:string] << "."
+          @@version[:string] << rev[0...7]
+        end
+      end
+
+      @@version
+    end
+
+    # Returns the path of file relative to the Haml root.
+    def scope(file) # :nodoc:
+      File.expand_path File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', file)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/sass.rb b/lib/sass.rb
index 19e59b5d..4dc392e4 100644
--- a/lib/sass.rb
+++ b/lib/sass.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 dir = File.dirname(__FILE__)
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift dir unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(dir)
 
+require 'haml/version'
+
 # = Sass (Syntactically Awesome StyleSheets)
 #
 # Sass is a meta-language on top of CSS
@@ -989,7 +991,14 @@ $LOAD_PATH.unshift dir unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(dir)
 #                               This defaults to the working directory and, in Rails or Merb,
 #                               whatever <tt>:template_location</tt> is.
 #
-module Sass; end
+module Sass
+  extend Haml::Version
+
+  # A string representing the version of Sass.
+  # A more fine-grained representation is available from Sass.version.
+  VERSION = version[:string] unless defined?(Sass::VERSION)
+
+end
 
 require 'haml/util'
 require 'sass/engine'