diff --git a/paynt/family/__init__.py b/paynt/family/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..343a1ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paynt/family/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+__version__ = "unknown"
+
+try:
+    from .._version import __version__
+except ImportError:
+    # We're running in a tree that doesn't have a _version.py, so we don't know what our version is.
+    pass
+
+def version():
+    return __version__
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/paynt/models/__init__.py b/paynt/models/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..343a1ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paynt/models/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+__version__ = "unknown"
+
+try:
+    from .._version import __version__
+except ImportError:
+    # We're running in a tree that doesn't have a _version.py, so we don't know what our version is.
+    pass
+
+def version():
+    return __version__
\ No newline at end of file