diff --git a/changes/2572-paxcodes.md b/changes/2572-paxcodes.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aacad15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/2572-paxcodes.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add `__version__` attribute to pydantic module.
diff --git a/pydantic/__init__.py b/pydantic/__init__.py
index 2e7aab4..19e5432 100644
--- a/pydantic/__init__.py
+++ b/pydantic/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ from .tools import *
 from .types import *
 from .version import VERSION
 
+__version__ = VERSION
+
 # WARNING __all__ from .errors is not included here, it will be removed as an export here in v2
 # please use "from pydantic.errors import ..." instead
 __all__ = [
diff --git a/tests/test_version.py b/tests/test_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef7c928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import pydantic
+
+
+def test_version_attribute_is_present():
+    assert hasattr(pydantic, '__version__')
+
+
+def test_version_attribute_is_a_string():
+    assert isinstance(pydantic.__version__, str)