diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ce55e7f..c4da573 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pygit2
 psycopg2
 flask
 requests
 retrying
+vcversioner
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..af07550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from setuptools import setup
+
+
+def parse_requirements():
+    requirements = []
+    with open('requirements.txt') 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.loader.git',
+    description='Software Heritage loader git utilities',
+    author='Software Heritage developers',
+    author_email='swh-devel@inria.fr',
+    url='https://forge.softwareheritage.org/diffusion/DLDG/',
+    packages=['swh.loader.git', 'swh.loader.git.tests'],
+    scripts=['bin/swh-backend', 'bin/swh-db-manager', 'bin/swh-loader-git'],
+    install_requires=parse_requirements(),
+    setup_requires=['vcversioner'],
+    vcversioner={},
+    include_package_data=True,
+)