diff --git a/requirements-swh.txt b/requirements-swh.txt
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+# Add here internal Software Heritage dependencies, one per line.
+swh.core[http]
+swh.journal
+swh.model
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
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+pytest
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+# Add here external Python modules dependencies, one per line. Module names
+# should match https://pypi.python.org/pypi names. For the full spec or
+# dependency lines, see https://pip.readthedocs.org/en/1.1/requirements.html
+click
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2018  The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+from os import path
+from io import open
+
+here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
+
+# Get the long description from the README file
+with open(path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
+
+def parse_requirements(name=None):
+    if name:
+        reqf = 'requirements-%s.txt' % name
+    else:
+        reqf = 'requirements.txt'
+
+    requirements = []
+    if not path.exists(reqf):
+        return requirements
+
+    with open(reqf) as f:
+        for line in f.readlines():
+            line = line.strip()
+            if not line or line.startswith('#'):
+                continue
+            requirements.append(line)
+    return requirements
+
+
+setup(
+    name='swh.dataset',
+    description='Software Heritage dataset tools',
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
+    author='Software Heritage developers',
+    author_email='swh-devel@inria.fr',
+    url='https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/swh-dataset/',
+    packages=find_packages(),  # packages's modules
+    install_requires=parse_requirements() + parse_requirements('swh'),
+    tests_require=parse_requirements('test'),
+    entry_points='''
+        [swh.cli.subcommands]
+        dataset=swh.dataset.cli:cli
+    ''',
+    setup_requires=['vcversioner'],
+    extras_require={'testing': parse_requirements('test')},
+    vcversioner={},
+    include_package_data=True,
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+        "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+    ],
+    project_urls={
+        'Bug Reports': 'https://forge.softwareheritage.org/maniphest',
+        'Funding': 'https://www.softwareheritage.org/donate',
+        'Source': 'https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/swh-dataset',
+    },
+)