diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d54604f..db89897 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 2007-12-03  Jan Dittberner  <jan@dittberner.info>
 
+	* MANIFEST.in: add AUTHORS, ChangeLog and COPYING to distributed
+	files
+
+	* setup.py: initial distutils setup script
+
 	* btn4ws.py: dummy plugin doing nothing
+	
 	* ChangeLog: initial project setup for Python reimplementation
 
 2003-02-20  Jan Dittberner  <jan@dittberner.info>
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24999e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b60357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+# This is the distutils setup file for btn4ws.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2007 Jan Dittberner <jan@dittberner.info>
+#
+# This file is part of btn4ws.
+#
+# btn4ws is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# btn4ws is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with btn4ws; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+#
+# version: $Id$
+#
+
+from distutils.core import setup
+
+setup(name='btn4ws',
+      version='0.7.0a1',
+      description='Buttons for websites GIMP plugin',
+      author='Jan Dittberner',
+      author_email='jan@dittberner.info',
+      url='http://www.dittberner.info/project/btn4ws/',
+      py_modules=['btn4ws']
+      )