diff --git a/.git_archival.txt b/.git_archival.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e26627d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git_archival.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+node: $Format:%H$
+node-date: $Format:%cI$
+describe-name: $Format:%(describe:tags=true)$
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00a7b00c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.git_archival.txt  export-subst
diff --git a/hatch.toml b/hatch.toml
index dca8f8565..04606579a 100644
--- a/hatch.toml
+++ b/hatch.toml
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ packages = [
 
 [version]
 source = 'vcs'
+
+[version.raw-options]
+root = '.'