diff --git a/.git_archival.txt b/.git_archival.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..082d6c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git_archival.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ref-names: $Format:%D$
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82bf71c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.git_archival.txt  export-subst
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 62cd02b..64510c7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ setuptools.setup(
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     url='https://github.com/b4tman/sync_ics2gcal',
     use_scm_version=True,
-    setup_requires=['setuptools_scm'],
+
+    setup_requires=['setuptools_scm', 'setuptools_scm_git_archive'],
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=['tests']),
     classifiers=[
         'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',