diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3cee5b294d34..54f05cf0a6ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install pyvistaqt requirements
         run: make install-pyvistaqt-requirements
 
+      - name: Add version information
+        run: make version-info
+
       - name: Install pyfluent with post requirements
         run: make install-post
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0e772eae5963..66c30ed17474 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ install:
 	@python setup.py bdist_wheel
 	@pip install dist/*.whl
 
+version-info:
+	@bash -c "date -u +'Build date: %B %d, %Y %H:%M UTC ShaID: <id>' | xargs -I date sed -i 's/_VERSION_INFO = .*/_VERSION_INFO = \"date\"/g' ansys/fluent/core/__init__.py"
+	@bash -c "git --no-pager log -n 1 --format='%h' | xargs -I hash sed -i 's/<id>/hash/g' ansys/fluent/core/__init__.py"
+
 install-post:
 	@pip install -r requirements_build.txt
 	@python setup.py sdist
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 0fd3ac750678..bcfcb0032d03 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -98,4 +98,4 @@ to the Fluent without changing the core behavior or license of the original
 software.  The use of the interactive Fluent control of ``PyFluent`` requires a
 legally licensed local copy of Ansys.
 
-To get a copy of Ansys, please visit `Ansys <https://www.ansys.com/>`_.
\ No newline at end of file
+To get a copy of Ansys, please visit `Ansys <https://www.ansys.com/>`_.
diff --git a/ansys/fluent/core/__init__.py b/ansys/fluent/core/__init__.py
index 61700fa5fe3b..dd9e84b863e5 100644
--- a/ansys/fluent/core/__init__.py
+++ b/ansys/fluent/core/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,24 @@
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
+_VERSION_INFO = None
+"""Global variable indicating the version of the PyFluent package - Empty by default"""
+
+
+def version_info():
+    """Method returning the version of PyFluent being used.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+        The PyFluent version being used.
+
+    Notes
+    -------
+    Only available in packaged versions. Otherwise it will return __version__.
+    """
+    return _VERSION_INFO if _VERSION_INFO is not None else __version__
+
 
 def set_log_level(level):
     """Set logging level.