diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5e6a41a..e560e87 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,3 +36,6 @@ nosetests.xml
 .mr.developer.cfg
 .project
 .pydevproject
+
+# Virtualenv
+venv/
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24ffdae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup(name="quadkey",
+		version="0.0.1",
+		description="Python Implementation for Geospatial Quadkeys",
+		author="Buck Heroux",
+		url="https://github.com/buckheroux/QuadKey",
+		packages=['quadkey']
+		)