diff --git a/src/setuptools_scm/_config.py b/src/setuptools_scm/_config.py
index 6ed520f9..f2412731 100644
--- a/src/setuptools_scm/_config.py
+++ b/src/setuptools_scm/_config.py
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class Configuration:
     dist_name: str | None = None
     version_cls: type[_VersionT] = _Version
     search_parent_directories: bool = False
+    strip_dev: bool = False
 
     parent: _t.PathT | None = None
 
diff --git a/src/setuptools_scm/_get_version_impl.py b/src/setuptools_scm/_get_version_impl.py
index 1b81a4b2..791774a1 100644
--- a/src/setuptools_scm/_get_version_impl.py
+++ b/src/setuptools_scm/_get_version_impl.py
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ def _get_version(
     if parsed_version is None:
         return None
     version_string = _format_version(parsed_version)
+    if config.strip_dev:
+        version_string = version_string.partition(".dev")[0]
+
     if force_write_version_files is None:
         force_write_version_files = True
         warnings.warn(