diff --git a/.github/workflows/pyproject-build.yml b/.github/workflows/pyproject-build.yml
index 04f97c9..cdbafb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pyproject-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pyproject-build.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         python -m pip install build
         if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+    - name: Prepare to build
+      run: |
+        ./version-setup.py
     - name: Build sdist
       run: |
         python -m build --sdist
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0a2f918..61f49dd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,12 +32,13 @@ klipper-klippy = "klippy.klippy:main"
 klipper_klippy = "klippy.klippy:main"
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = { file = "klippy/.version" }
+version = { file = ".py_version" }
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = [
  "klippy",
  "klippy.*",
+ "build_data"
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
diff --git a/version-setup.sh b/version-setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5f479a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version-setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+raw_version="$(cat klippy/.version)"
+declare -a versontags
+IFS="-" read -r -a versiontags <<<"$raw_version"
+# TODO: Handle a single tag, for actual release tags
+py_version="${versiontags[0]}-dev${versiontags[1]}+git.${versiontags[2]}"
+echo "$py_version" > ".py_version"