diff --git a/tests/test_pep.py b/tests/test_pep.py
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+"""Unit test for pEp package, not for subpackages or modules."""
+
+from pEp import __version__
+
+
+def test_pep_version():
+    """    Test that __version__ is not None or empty and is not 0.0.0."""
+    # We could also test that match the regex, but that is already a test in
+    # setuptools_scm itself.
+    assert __version__
+    assert __version__ != "0.0.0"