diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index e69de29..489f261 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include README.md SPECIFICATION.md LICENSE setup.py setup.cfg buildparser.py
+global-exclude *.pyc
+global-exclude *.pyo
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e69de29..b88034e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[metadata]
+description-file = README.md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e69de29..991d18d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+from buildparser import __version__
+
+setup(
+    name="buildparser",
+    version=__version__,
+    description="Generic job build specification parser",
+    author="Brett Langdon",
+    author_email="brett@blangdon.com",
+    url="https://github.com/brettlangdon/buildparser",
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    license="MIT",
+    install_requires=[
+        "PyYAML==3.11",
+    ],
+    classifiers=[
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+        "Programming Language :: Python",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+        "Topic :: Utilities",
+    ]
+)