diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cae6643..3eac043 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 *.pyc
 .coverage
 cover
+*.egg-info
+/build
+/dist
+MANIFEST
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..376b77a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include *.txt *.md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..213ea47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from distutils.core import setup
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+NAME = 'restfulgit'
+
+VERSION = '0.1.0'
+
+MIN_PYTHON_VERSION = (2, 7)
+MIN_UNSUPPORTED_VERSION = 3
+
+CLASSIFIERS = [
+    'Development Status :: 2 - Beta',
+    'Environment :: Web Environment',
+    'Framework :: Flask',
+    'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+    'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+    'Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+    'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: WSGI :: Application',
+    'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries',
+    'Topic :: Software Development :: Version Control'
+]
+
+
+if sys.version_info < MIN_PYTHON_VERSION or sys.version_info[0] >= MIN_UNSUPPORTED_VERSION:
+    raise Exception(
+        '%s==%s requires Python >= %s and Python < %d' % (
+            NAME,
+            VERSION,
+            '.'.join([str(x) for x in MIN_PYTHON_VERSION]),
+            MIN_UNSUPPORTED_VERSION
+        )
+    )
+
+with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'requirements.txt')) as f:
+    requirements = f.readlines()
+
+setup(
+    name=NAME,
+    version=VERSION,
+    description='A restful interface for accessing data from Git repositories',
+    long_description=open('README.md').read(),
+    classifiers=CLASSIFIERS,
+    maintainer='Chris Rebert',
+    maintainer_email='chris.rebert@hulu.com',
+    author='Rajiv Makhijani',
+    url='https://github.com/hulu/restfulgit',
+    provides=[NAME],
+    packages=['restfulgit'],
+    zip_safe=True,
+    install_requires=requirements
+)