diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6f97ca1..2fcae52 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 build
+dist
 *.pyc
+MANIFEST
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSE
rename to LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9561fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include README.rst
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5aef279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[metadata]
+description-file = README.rst
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0568686..dbafd3e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,3 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 from distutils.core import setup
 
-setup(name='pylint-venv', version='1.0', py_modules=['pylint_venv'])
+
+with open('README.rst') as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
+setup(
+    name='pylint-venv',
+    version='1.0',
+    description='pylint-venv provides a Pylint init-hook to use the same '
+    'Pylint installation with different virtual environments.',
+    long_description=long_description,
+    author='Jan Gosmann',
+    author_email='jan@hyper-world.de',
+    url='https://github.com/jgosmann/pylint-venv/',
+    py_modules=['pylint_venv'],
+    provides=['pylint_venv'],
+    license='MIT',
+    classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
+        'Environment :: Plugins',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+        'Programming Language :: Python',
+        'Topic :: Software Development',
+    ]
+)