diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index 655371c..3e4d6da 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ syntax: glob
 *~
 *.pyc
 *.swp
+*.egg-info
 .ipynb_checkpoints
+build
+dist
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4eab026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+setup(
+    name='pixelocr',
+    version='0.1',
+    description='OCR toolkit for computer generated pixel-perfect images',
+    author='Andrey Golovizin',
+    author_email='ag@sologoc.com',
+    packages=find_packages(),
+)