diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7074c91..aed7ea0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,5 +6,9 @@
 .DS_Store
 core
 core.*
+*.egg_info
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
+__pycache__
+/build
+/dist
diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/requestbuilder/__init__.py b/requestbuilder/__init__.py
index 7936637..85d970d 100644
--- a/requestbuilder/__init__.py
+++ b/requestbuilder/__init__.py
@@ -14,8 +14,29 @@
 
 import argparse
 import operator
+import os.path
+import subprocess
+
+
+__version__ = 'devel'
+
+if '__file__' in globals():
+    # Check if this is a git repo; maybe we can get more precise version info
+    try:
+        repo_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..')
+        git = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'describe'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                               stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                               env={'GIT_DIR': os.path.join(repo_path, '.git')})
+        git.wait()
+        git.stderr.read()
+        if git.exitcode == 0:
+            __version__ = git.stdout.read().strip()
+            if type(__version__).__name__ == 'bytes':
+                __version__ = __version__.decode()
+    except:
+        # Not really a bad thing; we'll just use what we had
+        pass
 
-__version__ = '0.0'
 
 class Arg(object):
     '''
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5469622..8f441ef 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,19 +12,48 @@
 # ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT
 # OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
-from distutils.core import setup
+from distutils.command.sdist import sdist
+import os.path
+
+try:
+    from setuptools import setup
+    extra = {'install_requires': ['requests', 'six']}
+except ImportError:
+    from distutils.core import setup
+    extra = {}
 
 from requestbuilder import __version__
 
+
+class sdist_with_git_version(sdist):
+    '''Like sdist, but also hardcoding the version in __init__.__version__ so
+       it's consistent even outside of the source tree'''
+
+    def make_release_tree(self, base_dir, files):
+        sdist.make_release_tree(self, base_dir, files)
+        version_line = "__version__ = '{0}'\n".format(__version__)
+        old_init_name = os.path.join(base_dir, 'requestbuilder/__init__.py')
+        new_init_name = old_init_name + '.new'
+        with open(new_init_name, 'w') as new_init:
+            with open(old_init_name) as old_init:
+                for line in old_init:
+                    if line.startswith('__version__ ='):
+                        new_init.write(version_line)
+                    else:
+                        new_init.write(line)
+            new_init.flush()
+        os.rename(new_init_name, old_init_name)
+
+
 setup(name = 'requestbuilder',
       version = __version__,
       description = 'Command line-driven HTTP request builder',
       author = 'Garrett Holmstrom (gholms)',
-      author_email = 'gholms@fedoraproject.org',
+      author_email = 'gholms@devzero.com',
       packages = ['requestbuilder'],
       license = 'ISC',
       platforms = 'Posix; MacOS X',
-      classifiers = ['Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha',
+      classifiers = ['Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
                      'Intended Audience :: Developers',
                      'License :: OSI Approved :: ISC License (ISCL)',
                      'Programming Language :: Python',
@@ -32,5 +61,7 @@ setup(name = 'requestbuilder',
                      'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
                      'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
                      'Topic :: Internet'],
-      requires = ['boto (>= 2.2)'],
-      provides = ['requestbuilder'])
+      requires = ['requests', 'six'],
+      provides = ['requestbuilder'],
+      cmdclass = {'sdist': sdist_with_git_version},
+      **extra)