diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index f6d36cb..95c3e7f 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -11,13 +11,19 @@
 # All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
 # serve to show the default.
 
-import sys, os
+import os
+import re
+import sys
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('..'))
 
+pkgmeta = {}
+execfile(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'sigal', 'pkgmeta.py'),
+         pkgmeta)
+
 # -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
@@ -41,16 +47,16 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'Sigal'
-copyright = u'2012, Simon Conseil'
+copyright = u'2012-2013, ' + pkgmeta['__author__']
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.3.1'
+version = re.match('\d+\.\d+', pkgmeta['__version__']).group()
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.3.1'
+release = pkgmeta['__version__']
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -188,7 +194,7 @@ latex_elements = {
 # (source start file, target name, title, author, documentclass [howto/manual]).
 latex_documents = [
   ('index', 'Sigal.tex', u'Sigal Documentation',
-   u'Simon Conseil', 'manual'),
+   pkgmeta['__author__'], 'manual'),
 ]
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
@@ -218,7 +224,7 @@ latex_documents = [
 # (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
 man_pages = [
     ('index', 'sigal', u'Sigal Documentation',
-     [u'Simon Conseil'], 1)
+     [pkgmeta['__author__']], 1)
 ]
 
 # If true, show URL addresses after external links.
@@ -232,7 +238,7 @@ man_pages = [
 #  dir menu entry, description, category)
 texinfo_documents = [
   ('index', 'Sigal', u'Sigal Documentation',
-   u'Simon Conseil', 'Sigal', 'One line description of project.',
+   pkgmeta['__author__'], 'Sigal', 'One line description of project.',
    'Miscellaneous'),
 ]
 
@@ -250,9 +256,9 @@ texinfo_documents = [
 
 # Bibliographic Dublin Core info.
 epub_title = u'Sigal'
-epub_author = u'Simon Conseil'
-epub_publisher = u'Simon Conseil'
-epub_copyright = u'2012, Simon Conseil'
+epub_author = pkgmeta['__author__']
+epub_publisher = pkgmeta['__author__']
+epub_copyright = u'2012, ' + pkgmeta['__author__']
 
 # The language of the text. It defaults to the language option
 # or en if the language is not set.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f51c5fa..f3c6157 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
 
+import os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 requires = ['argh', 'clint', 'jinja2', 'Markdown']
@@ -16,12 +17,17 @@ entry_points = {
 with open('README.rst') as f:
     README = f.read()
 
+# Load package meta from the pkgmeta module without loading the package.
+pkgmeta = {}
+execfile(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'sigal', 'pkgmeta.py'),
+         pkgmeta)
+
 setup(
     name='sigal',
-    version='0.3.1',
-    url='https://github.com/saimn/sigal',
+    version=pkgmeta['__version__'],
+    url=pkgmeta['__url__'],
     license='MIT',
-    author='Simon Conseil',
+    author=pkgmeta['__author__'],
     author_email='contact@saimon.org',
     description='Simple static gallery generator',
     long_description=README,
diff --git a/sigal/__init__.py b/sigal/__init__.py
index fbe9ddc..291a2e5 100644
--- a/sigal/__init__.py
+++ b/sigal/__init__.py
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ sigal is yet another python script to prepare a static gallery of images:
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-__author__ = "Simon Conseil"
-__version__ = "0.3.1"
-__license__ = "MIT"
-
 import codecs
 import logging
 import os
@@ -44,6 +40,7 @@ from argh import ArghParser, arg
 from logging import Formatter
 
 from .gallery import Gallery
+from .pkgmeta import *
 from .settings import read_settings
 
 _DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE = 'sigal.conf.py'
diff --git a/sigal/pkgmeta.py b/sigal/pkgmeta.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f1ccb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sigal/pkgmeta.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
+
+__title__ = 'sigal'
+__author__ = u"Simon Conseil"
+__version__ = "0.3.1-dev"
+__license__ = "MIT"
+__url__ = 'https://github.com/saimn/sigal'
+__all__ = ['__title__', '__author__', '__version__', '__license__', '__url__']
diff --git a/sigal/writer.py b/sigal/writer.py
index cf3623b..971f3a8 100644
--- a/sigal/writer.py
+++ b/sigal/writer.py
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ from jinja2.exceptions import TemplateNotFound
 
 from .image import Image
 from .settings import get_thumb
+from .pkgmeta import __url__ as sigal_link
 
 INDEX_PAGE = "index.html"
-SIGAL_LINK = "https://github.com/saimn/sigal"
 THEMES_PATH = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(
     os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), 'themes'))
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class Writer(object):
         self.copy_assets()
 
         self.ctx = {
-            'sigal_link': SIGAL_LINK,
+            'sigal_link': sigal_link,
             'theme': {'name': os.path.basename(self.theme)},
             'images': [],
             'albums': [],