diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0d20b64..1c2318e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,10 @@
 *.pyc
+
+MANIFEST
+build
+dist
+
+# pydev settings
+.settings
+.pydevproject
+.project
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8c25b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include examples/*
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..072da65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from os.path import join, dirname
+from distutils.core import setup
+
+packages = [
+    'pygephi'
+]
+
+setup(name='pygephi',
+      version="1.0",
+      description='Python scripts that can be used to stream data to gephi',
+      long_description=open(join(dirname(__file__), 'README'), 'r').read(),
+      author='Andre Panisson',
+      author_email='panisson@gmail.com',
+      license='Apache 2.0',
+      url='https://github.com/panisson/pygephi_graphstreaming',
+      packages=packages,
+      classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 6 - Mature',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis',
+        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization'
+      ]
+)