diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b129bf6..4787f13 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ sample_data/*
 local-test.py
 .DS_Store
 *.pyc
+**/*egg-info
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..860ac1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from setuptools import setup
+
+
+def readme():
+    with open("README.md") as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+
+setup(
+    name="funpdbe_validator",
+    version="0.1.0",
+    description="Validate JSON by FunPDBe Schema",
+    long_description=readme(),
+    classifiers=[
+        "Development Status :: 3 - Beta",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache 2 License",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    ],
+    keywords="json validator",
+    url="https://gitlab.ebi.ac.uk/pdbe-kb/funpdbe/funpdbe-validator",
+    author="Mihaly Varadi",
+    author_email="mvaradi@ebi.ac.uk",
+    license="Apache 2",
+    packages=["validator"],
+    install_requires=["jsonschema", "requests"],
+    test_suite="tests",
+    tests_require=["pytest", "pytest-cov"],
+    include_package_data=True,
+    zip_safe=True,
+)
+