diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e25972506..26a2a83c0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -770,6 +770,9 @@ add_custom_target(show ${cmd})
 # Subdirectories
 add_subdirectory(src)
 
+# Tools - may depend on storage plugins
+add_subdirectory(tools)
+
 # Storage plugins
 add_subdirectory(storages/json)
 if(WITH_HDF5)
@@ -783,9 +786,6 @@ if(WITH_PYTHON)
   add_subdirectory(storages/python)
 endif()
 
-# Tools - may depend on storage plugins
-add_subdirectory(tools)
-
 # Fortran - depends on tools
 if(WITH_FORTRAN)
   add_subdirectory(bindings/fortran)
diff --git a/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt b/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 8a5f81312..e12a0c60e 100644
--- a/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ set(py_sources
 
 # Python sub-packages
 set(py_packages
-  triplestore
-  )
+  #triplestore
+)
 
 configure_file(paths.py.in paths.py)
 if(dlite_PYTHON_BUILD_REDISTRIBUTABLE_PACKAGE)
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ add_custom_command(
   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${pkgdir}/share/dlite/python-storage-plugins
   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${pkgdir}/share/dlite/python-mapping-plugins
   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${pkgdir}/share/dlite/storages
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${pkgdir}/share/dlite/bin
   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
     "$<TARGET_FILE:dlite>"
     ${pkgdir}
@@ -199,14 +200,34 @@ add_custom_command(
   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
     "$<TARGET_FILE:dlite-plugins-json>"
     ${pkgdir}/share/dlite/storage-plugins
-  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory
-    ${dlite_SOURCE_DIR}/storages/python/python-storage-plugins
-    ${pkgdir}/share/dlite/python-storage-plugins
-  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory
-    ${dlite_SOURCE_DIR}/bindings/python/python-mapping-plugins
-    ${pkgdir}/share/dlite/python-mapping-plugins
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+    -DSOURCE_DIR=${dlite_SOURCE_DIR}/storages/python/python-storage-plugins
+    -DDEST_DIR=${pkgdir}/share/dlite/python-storage-plugins
+    -DPATTERN="*.py"
+    -P ${dlite_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/CopyDirectory.cmake
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+    -DSOURCE_DIR=${dlite_SOURCE_DIR}/bindings/python/python-mapping-plugins
+    -DDEST_DIR=${pkgdir}/share/dlite/python-mapping-plugins
+    -DPATTERN="*.py"
+    -P ${dlite_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/CopyDirectory.cmake
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+    -DSOURCE_DIR=${dlite_SOURCE_DIR}/storages/python/python-storage-plugins
+    -DDEST_DIR=${pkgdir}/share/dlite/storages
+    -DPATTERN="*.json"
+    -P ${dlite_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/CopyDirectory.cmake
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
+    ${dlite_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md ${dlite_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE
+    ${pkgdir}/share/dlite
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tools/dlite-codegen${EXEEXT}
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tools/dlite-env${EXEEXT}
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tools/dlite-getuuid${EXEEXT}
+    ${pkgdir}/share/dlite/bin
   DEPENDS
     python_package
+    dlite-codegen
+    dlite-env
+    dlite-getuuid
   )
 
 #
diff --git a/cmake/CopyDirectory.cmake b/cmake/CopyDirectory.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1d72df52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/CopyDirectory.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Copy directory
+#
+# Parameters (passed with -D)
+#  - SOURCE_DIR: directory to copy
+#  - DEST_DIR: new destination directory
+#  - PATTERN: pattern matching files to include
+#
+file(
+  COPY "${SOURCE_DIR}/"
+  DESTINATION "${DEST_DIR}"
+  FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "${PATTERN}"
+)
diff --git a/python/.gitignore b/python/.gitignore
index 0b5510797..993ad7cc1 100644
--- a/python/.gitignore
+++ b/python/.gitignore
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
 
 dist/
 wheelhouse/
-dlite_python.egg-info
+build/
+dlite_python.egg-info/
+DLite_Python.egg-info/
 .eggs
diff --git a/python/dlite/.gitignore b/python/DLite-Python/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from python/dlite/.gitignore
rename to python/DLite-Python/.gitignore
diff --git a/python/dlite/__init__.py b/python/DLite-Python/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from python/dlite/__init__.py
rename to python/DLite-Python/__init__.py
diff --git a/python/MANIFEST.in b/python/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 154c1eed7..000000000
--- a/python/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-include ../LICENSE ../README.md ../CMakeLists.txt pyproject.toml
-recursive-include ../. **/*
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index d3090719b..aa1402af0 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@
 import sys
 import platform
 import re
+import shutil
 import site
 import subprocess
-from shutil import copytree
+from glob import glob
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from setuptools import Extension, setup
 from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
+from setuptools.command.install import install
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from typing import Union
@@ -120,8 +122,8 @@ def build_extension(self, ext: CMakeExtension) -> None:
         build_type = "Debug" if self.debug else "Release"
         cmake_args = [
             "cmake",
-            str(ext.sourcedir),
             f"-DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES:STRING={build_type}",
+            str(ext.sourcedir),
         ]
         cmake_args.extend(CMAKE_ARGS)
         cmake_args.extend(environment_cmake_args)
@@ -134,7 +136,8 @@ def build_extension(self, ext: CMakeExtension) -> None:
                 cwd=self.build_temp,
                 env=env,
                 capture_output=True,
-                check=True)
+                check=True,
+            )
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
             print("stdout:", e.stdout.decode("utf-8"), "\n\nstderr:",
                   e.stderr.decode("utf-8"))
@@ -145,7 +148,7 @@ def build_extension(self, ext: CMakeExtension) -> None:
                 cwd=self.build_temp,
                 env=env,
                 capture_output=True,
-                check=True
+                check=True,
             )
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
             print("stdout:", e.stdout.decode("utf-8"), "\n\nstderr:",
@@ -153,16 +156,28 @@ def build_extension(self, ext: CMakeExtension) -> None:
             raise
 
         cmake_bdist_dir = Path(self.build_temp) / Path(ext.python_package_dir)
-        copytree(
+        shutil.copytree(
             str(cmake_bdist_dir / ext.name),
             str(Path(output_dir) / ext.name),
             dirs_exist_ok=True,
         )
 
+
+class CustomInstall(install):
+    """Custom handler for the 'install' command."""
+    def run(self):
+        super().run()
+        bindir = Path(self.build_lib) / "dlite" / "share" / "dlite" / "bin"
+        # Possible to make a symlink instead of copy to save space
+        for prog in glob(str(bindir / "*")):
+            shutil.copy(prog, self.install_scripts)
+
+
 version = re.search(
     r"project\([^)]*VERSION\s+([0-9.]+)",
     (SOURCE_DIR / "CMakeLists.txt").read_text(),
 ).groups()[0]
+share = Path(".") / "share" / "dlite"
 
 setup(
     name="DLite-Python",
@@ -198,20 +213,20 @@ def build_extension(self, ext: CMakeExtension) -> None:
     install_requires="numpy>=1.14.5,<1.27.0",
     #install_requires=requirements,
     #extras_require=extra_requirements,
-    packages=["dlite"],
+    packages=["DLite-Python"],
     scripts=[
         str(SOURCE_DIR / "bindings" / "python" / "scripts" / "dlite-validate"),
+        str(SOURCE_DIR / "cmake" / "patch-activate.sh"),
     ],
     package_data={
         "dlite": [
-            dlite_compiled_ext,
-            dlite_compiled_dll_suffix,
-            str(Path(".") / "share" / "dlite" / "storage-plugins" /
-                dlite_compiled_dll_suffix),
-            str(Path(".") / "bin" / "dlite-getuuid"),
-            str(Path(".") / "bin" / "dlite-codegen"),
-            str(Path(".") / "bin" / "dlite-env"),
-            str(Path(".") / "bin" / "patch-activate.sh"),
+            str(share / "README.md"),
+            str(share / "LICENSE"),
+            str(share / "storage-plugins" / dlite_compiled_dll_suffix),
+            str(share / "mapping-plugins" / dlite_compiled_dll_suffix),
+            str(share / "python-storage-plugins" / "*.py"),
+            str(share / "python-mapping-plugins" / "*.py"),
+            str(share / "storages" / "*.json"),
         ]
     },
     ext_modules=[
@@ -223,6 +238,7 @@ def build_extension(self, ext: CMakeExtension) -> None:
     ],
     cmdclass={
         "build_ext": CMakeBuildExt,
+        "install": CustomInstall,
     },
     zip_safe=False,
 )