diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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index f3accc79..00000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-asyncio
-pylint
-pytest
-pycryptodome
-pytest-asyncio
-click
-base58
-pymultihash
-multiaddr
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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index 00000000..db80f6e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import setuptools
+
+
+classifiers = [
+    (
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: %s" % x
+    )
+    for x in "3.5 3.6".split()
+]
+
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    name="libp2p",
+    description="libp2p implementation written in python",
+    version="0.0.1",
+    license="MIT",
+    platforms=["unix", "linux", "osx"],
+    classifiers=classifiers,
+    install_requires=[
+        "pylint",
+        "pytest",
+        "pycryptodome",
+        "pytest-asyncio",
+        "click",
+        "base58",
+        "pymultihash",
+    ],
+    packages="libp2p",
+    zip_safe=False,
+)
+