diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 241c7708fde..850758cf1e6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 *.py[cod]
 
+# Distribution dir
+dist
+
+# MANIFEST file
+MANIFEST
+
 # Private settings
 private_settings.py
 
@@ -53,4 +59,4 @@ uVision Project/
 debug.log
 
 # Ignore OS X Desktop Services Store files
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fd9c09e2410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# file GENERATED by distutils, do NOT edit
+LICENSE
+setup.py
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8294764a5c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+graft workspace_tools
+include __init__.py LICENSE
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9ecbcfef058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+"""
+This module defines the attributes of the
+PyPI package for the Mbed SDK
+"""
+
+from distutils.core import setup
+
+LICENSE = open('LICENSE').read()
+DESCRIPTION = """A set of Python scripts that can be used to compile programs written on top of the `mbed framework`_. It can also be used to export mbed projects to other build systems and IDEs (uVision, IAR, makefiles).
+
+.. _mbed framework: http://mbed.org"""
+OWNER_NAMES = 'emilmont, bogdanm'
+OWNER_EMAILS = 'Emilio.Monti@arm.com, Bogdan.Marinescu@arm.com'
+
+setup(name='mbed',
+      version='0.1.6',
+      description='Build and test system for mbed',
+      long_description=DESCRIPTION,
+      author=OWNER_NAMES,
+      author_email=OWNER_EMAILS,
+      maintainer=OWNER_NAMES,
+      maintainer_email=OWNER_EMAILS,
+      url='https://github.com/mbedmicro/mbed',
+      license=LICENSE)