diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cf0e1bf586..7a84c249a1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	contrib/initramfs/scripts/Makefile
 	contrib/initramfs/scripts/local-top/Makefile
 	contrib/pyzfs/Makefile
+	contrib/pyzfs/setup.py
 	module/Makefile
 	module/avl/Makefile
 	module/nvpair/Makefile
diff --git a/contrib/pyzfs/Makefile.am b/contrib/pyzfs/Makefile.am
index 36290661f7..1549bf2379 100644
--- a/contrib/pyzfs/Makefile.am
+++ b/contrib/pyzfs/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-EXTRA_DIST = libzfs_core setup.py README LICENSE docs
+EXTRA_DIST = libzfs_core setup.py.in README LICENSE docs
 
 if PYZFS_ENABLED
 all:
diff --git a/contrib/pyzfs/requirements.txt b/contrib/pyzfs/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a88e4b7c8..0000000000
--- a/contrib/pyzfs/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-cffi
diff --git a/contrib/pyzfs/setup.py b/contrib/pyzfs/setup.py.in
similarity index 98%
rename from contrib/pyzfs/setup.py
rename to contrib/pyzfs/setup.py.in
index 3ff6c04c69..bd8ffc728f 100644
--- a/contrib/pyzfs/setup.py
+++ b/contrib/pyzfs/setup.py.in
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
     name="pyzfs",
-    version="1.0.0",
+    version="@VERSION@",
     description="Wrapper for libzfs_core",
     author="ClusterHQ",
     author_email="support@clusterhq.com",