diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 52e4e61..dfa5806 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
+build/
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98b7c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# vim: fileencoding=utf-8
+
+import setuptools
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    setuptools.setup(
+        name='qubesmgmt',
+        version=open('version').read().strip(),
+        author='Invisible Things Lab',
+        author_email='marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com',
+        description='Qubes mgmt API package',
+        license='LGPL2.1+',
+        url='https://www.qubes-os.org/',
+        packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
+        )
diff --git a/version b/version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcdb2e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4.0.0