diff --git a/python-param-rpmlintrc b/python-param-rpmlintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11104f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-param-rpmlintrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+addFilter("hidden-file-or-dir .*/site-packages/param/\.version")
diff --git a/python-param.changes b/python-param.changes
index 58bd649..5982c72 100644
--- a/python-param.changes
+++ b/python-param.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug 30 15:53:14 UTC 2019 - Todd R <toddrme2178@gmail.com>
+
+- Include a .version file.  Other packages need this to determine
+  this package's version.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun  3 10:57:01 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-param.spec b/python-param.spec
index 4d70c84..459defc 100644
--- a/python-param.spec
+++ b/python-param.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            http://param.pyviz.org/
 Source0:        https://github.com/ioam/param/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
+Source100:      python-param-rpmlintrc
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module nose}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module numpy}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ as part of other projects.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n param-%{version}
 sed -i -e 's:version=get_setup_version("param"):version="%{version}":g' setup.py
+echo '{"git_describe": "v%{version}", "version_string": "%{version}"}' > param/.version
 
 %build
 %python_build