diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e0eeb5941..4a39e651d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ run_tests.log
 tests/
 .quantum-venv/
 .venv/
+quantum/vcsversion.py
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 242f83208..89c3a0619 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,11 +6,37 @@ except ImportError:
     from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 import sys
-import version
+import os
+import subprocess
+from quantum import version
+
+
+def run_git_command(cmd):
+    output = subprocess.Popen(["/bin/sh", "-c", cmd],
+                              stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    return output.communicate()[0].strip()
+
+
+if os.path.isdir('.git'):
+    branch_nick_cmd = 'git branch | grep -Ei "\* (.*)" | cut -f2 -d" "'
+    branch_nick = run_git_command(branch_nick_cmd)
+    revid_cmd = "git --no-pager log --max-count=1 | cut -f2 -d' ' | head -1"
+    revid = run_git_command(revid_cmd)
+    revno_cmd = "git --no-pager log --oneline | wc -l"
+    revno = run_git_command(revno_cmd)
+    with open("quantum/vcsversion.py", 'w') as version_file:
+        version_file.write("""
+# This file is automatically generated by setup.py, So don't edit it. :)
+version_info = {
+    'branch_nick': '%s',
+    'revision_id': '%s',
+    'revno': %s
+}
+""" % (branch_nick, revid, revno))
 
 Name = 'quantum'
 Url = "https://launchpad.net/quantum"
-Version = version.get_git_version()
+Version = version.canonical_version_string()
 License = 'Apache License 2.0'
 Author = 'Netstack'
 AuthorEmail = 'netstack@lists.launchpad.net'