diff --git a/dstat_interface/version.py b/dstat_interface/version.py
index 343f158f74594923d656e5be8ad57b09b3c56a1c..ae2f3d2232f717f9989c82b4efeb1344111aadd9 100644
--- a/dstat_interface/version.py
+++ b/dstat_interface/version.py
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@ __all__ = ('getVersion')
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import os.path
+import inspect
 
-
-RELEASE_VERSION_FILE = 'RELEASE-VERSION'
+RELEASE_VERSION_FILE = '{}/RELEASE-VERSION'.format(
+    os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.stack()[0][1])))
 
 # http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0386/
 _PEP386_SHORT_VERSION_RE = r'\d+(?:\.\d+)+(?:(?:[abc]|rc)\d+(?:\.\d+)*)?'
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index 343f158f74594923d656e5be8ad57b09b3c56a1c..ae2f3d2232f717f9989c82b4efeb1344111aadd9 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@ __all__ = ('getVersion')
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import os.path
+import inspect
 
-
-RELEASE_VERSION_FILE = 'RELEASE-VERSION'
+RELEASE_VERSION_FILE = '{}/RELEASE-VERSION'.format(
+    os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.stack()[0][1])))
 
 # http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0386/
 _PEP386_SHORT_VERSION_RE = r'\d+(?:\.\d+)+(?:(?:[abc]|rc)\d+(?:\.\d+)*)?'