diff --git a/python/hppfcl/__init__.py b/python/hppfcl/__init__.py
index 257d4a9c7ff30492259a410a2fb430d2ff79a455..34f11992627594885d3cfa093815314ed79d5633 100644
--- a/python/hppfcl/__init__.py
+++ b/python/hppfcl/__init__.py
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@
 #  ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 #  POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
-from hppfcl import *
+from .hppfcl import *
+from .hppfcl import __version__, __raw_version__
diff --git a/python/version.cc b/python/version.cc
index 886493d122e5b400699d6f9e376477e067c78017..d45c8c2e742a7bf203546d549de29846d0049fbe 100644
--- a/python/version.cc
+++ b/python/version.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2019 CNRS
+// Copyright (c) 2019 CNRS INRIA
 //
 
 #include "hpp/fcl/config.hh"
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ void exposeVersion()
   bp::scope().attr("__version__") = BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(HPP_FCL_MAJOR_VERSION) "."
     BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(HPP_FCL_MINOR_VERSION) "."
     BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(HPP_FCL_PATCH_VERSION);
+  bp::scope().attr("__raw_version__") = HPP_FCL_VERSION;
   bp::scope().attr("HPP_FCL_MAJOR_VERSION") = HPP_FCL_MAJOR_VERSION;
   bp::scope().attr("HPP_FCL_MINOR_VERSION") = HPP_FCL_MINOR_VERSION;
   bp::scope().attr("HPP_FCL_PATCH_VERSION") = HPP_FCL_PATCH_VERSION;