diff --git a/nupic/__init__.py b/nupic/__init__.py
index c3944821e5..ab7d888e2e 100644
--- a/nupic/__init__.py
+++ b/nupic/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Numenta Platform for Intelligent Computing (NuPIC)
-# Copyright (C) 2013, Numenta, Inc.  Unless you have an agreement
+# Copyright (C) 2013-2015, Numenta, Inc.  Unless you have an agreement
 # with Numenta, Inc., for a separate license for this software code, the
 # following terms and conditions apply:
 #
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 # http://numenta.org/licenses/
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-__version__ = "0.2.7.dev0"
+__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 38f1a7d3ed..93389ff1a5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -637,6 +637,7 @@ def postProcess():
     name="nupic",
     version=getVersion(),
     install_requires=findRequirements(),
+    namespace_packages=["nupic"],
     packages=find_packages(),
     package_data={
       "nupic.support": ["nupic-default.xml",