diff --git a/python/datafusion/__init__.py b/python/datafusion/__init__.py
index 0a25592f80ae2..15e71b1d33b93 100644
--- a/python/datafusion/__init__.py
+++ b/python/datafusion/__init__.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from typing import List
 
 import pyarrow as pa
+import importlib.metadata
 
 from ._internal import (
     AggregateUDF,
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@
 )
 
 
+__version__ = importlib.metadata.version("datafusion")
+
 __all__ = [
     "DataFrame",
     "ExecutionContext",
diff --git a/python/datafusion/tests/test_imports.py b/python/datafusion/tests/test_imports.py
index 423800248a5ce..d6b15d7f3724c 100644
--- a/python/datafusion/tests/test_imports.py
+++ b/python/datafusion/tests/test_imports.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 def test_import_datafusion():
     assert datafusion.__name__ == "datafusion"
+    assert datafusion.__version__ is not None
 
 
 def test_class_module_is_datafusion():