diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5971396b9d..4269eed2ca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@ docker-isolated:
 	TAG=$(COMPOSE_TAG) DEV_DOCKER_TAG_BASE=$(DEV_DOCKER_TAG_BASE) docker-compose -f tools/docker-compose.yml -f tools/docker-isolated-override.yml create
 	docker start tools_awx_1
 	docker start tools_isolated_1
+	echo "__version__ = '`python setup.py --version`'" | docker exec -i tools_isolated_1 /bin/bash -c "cat > /venv/awx/lib/python2.7/site-packages/awx.py"
 	if [ "`docker exec -i -t tools_isolated_1 cat /root/.ssh/authorized_keys`" == "`docker exec -t tools_awx_1 cat /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub`" ]; then \
 		echo "SSH keys already copied to isolated instance"; \
 	else \
diff --git a/awx/main/expect/run.py b/awx/main/expect/run.py
index 3c248f9610..3654e31ba2 100755
--- a/awx/main/expect/run.py
+++ b/awx/main/expect/run.py
@@ -271,12 +271,8 @@ def __run__(private_data_dir):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    __version__ = '3.2.0'
-    try:
-        import awx
-        __version__ = awx.__version__
-    except ImportError:
-        pass  # in devel, `awx` isn't an installed package
+    import awx
+    __version__ = awx.__version__
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='manage a daemonized, isolated ansible playbook')
     parser.add_argument('--version', action='version', version=__version__ + '-isolated')
     parser.add_argument('command', choices=['start', 'stop', 'is-alive'])