diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
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diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
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diff --git a/backupmgr/_metadata.py b/backupmgr/_metadata.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8
+
+""" A backup framework. """
+
+__version__ = "0.0.1"
+__authors__ = [
+    "Conor Hughes <conorh@conorh.net>"
+]
+
+__author__ = ", ".join(__authors__)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import os, sys
+import email.utils
+import imp
+import inspect
+import pkg_resources
+import pydoc
+import setuptools
+
+SRCROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getsourcefile(lambda: None)))
+READMES = [
+    'README.txt',
+    'CHANGES.txt'
+]
+
+
+def metadata(fullname):
+    mdpath = fullname.split('.')
+    mdpath.append('_metadata.py')
+    module = imp.new_module(fullname)
+    module.__file__ = os.path.join(SRCROOT, *mdpath)
+    with open(module.__file__, 'r') as fh:
+        exec fh in vars(module)
+    return module
+
+def setup(args=None):
+    # make sure our directory is at the front of sys.path
+    module = metadata('backupmgr')
+
+    # get the version and description from the source
+    version = module.__version__
+    description = pydoc.splitdoc(pydoc.getdoc(module))[0]
+    author, author_email = email.utils.parseaddr(module.__authors__[0])
+
+    # get the long description from README-type files
+    long_description = []
+    for path in READMES:
+        with open(os.path.join(SRCROOT, path), 'r') as fh:
+            long_description.append(fh.read())
+    long_description = '\n'.join([ x for x in long_description if x ])
+    # use setuptools to do the rest
+    setuptools.setup(
+        name=pkg_resources.safe_name(module.__name__),
+        packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
+        version=version,
+        description=description,
+        author=author,
+        author_email=author_email,
+        zip_safe=True,
+        #url=None,
+        install_requires=None,
+        long_description=long_description,
+        license='BSD',
+        classifiers=[
+            'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
+            'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        ])
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(setup())