diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..115b7e54791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+ #!/usr/bin/env python
+
+try:
+    from setuptools import setup
+except:
+    from distutils.core import setup
+
+setup(name='scidata',
+      version='0.01',
+      description='Objects for holding self describing scientific data in python',
+      author='Alex Kleeman',
+      author_email='TODO',
+      install_requires=['scipy >= 0.10.0', 'numpy >= 1.7', 'netCDF4 >= 1.0.6'],
+      tests_require=['nose >= 1.0'],
+      url='https://github.com/akleeman/scidata',
+      test_suite='nose.collector',
+      packages=['polyglot'],
+      package_dir={'polyglot': 'src/polyglot'})
diff --git a/test/__init__.py b/test/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/test/test_data.py b/test/test_data.py
index 81071085f80..855b32cea03 100644
--- a/test/test_data.py
+++ b/test/test_data.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import polyglot.data as data
-
 import unittest
 import os.path
 import numpy as np
@@ -354,4 +352,4 @@ def test_rename(self):
         self.assertTrue('dim2' not in renamed.dimensions)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    unittest.main()
\ No newline at end of file
+    unittest.main()