diff --git a/mozregression/__init__.py b/mozregression/__init__.py
index 8e10cb462..704309354 100644
--- a/mozregression/__init__.py
+++ b/mozregression/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = "3.0.4"
+from .version import version
+
+__version__ = version
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 525b70c2b..e97b0f078 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
+# pyproject.toml
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4"]
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "mozregression/version.py"
+
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 100
-exclude = "gui/mozregui/ui"
+# excludes handled in setup.cfg, since it's called via flake8
 
 [tool.isort]
 line_length = 100
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index fc2f55281..ceaec7b42 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ mozrunner==7.8.0
 mozversion==2.3.0
 redo==2.0.3
 requests==2.23.0
+setuptools_scm==3.5.0
 taskcluster==29.0.1
 
 # for some reason we need to specify a specific version of six
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7111b469d..5d879cdae 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [flake8]
-exclude = .git,__pycache__,vendor,gui/mozregui/ui
+exclude = .git,__pycache__,vendor,gui/mozregui/ui,mozregression/version.py
 max-line-length = 100
 # E121,E123,E126,E226,E24,E704,W503: Ignored in default pycodestyle config:
 # https://github.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle/blob/2.2.0/pycodestyle.py#L72
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6670d793c..00b84050b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
-from mozregression import __version__
-
 # we pin these dependencies in the requirements files -- all of these
 # should be python 3 compatible
 DEPENDENCIES = [
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="mozregression",
-    version=__version__,
+    use_scm_version=True,
     description=desc,
     long_description=long_desc,
     author="Mozilla Automation and Tools Team",
@@ -46,6 +44,7 @@
     package_data={"mozregression": ["*.yaml"]},
     platforms=["Any"],
     python_requires=">=3.5",
+    setup_requires=["setuptools_scm"],
     install_requires=DEPENDENCIES,
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",