diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f3d74a9a..55cb5eb9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,16 @@
 *.pyc
-*~
+*.swp
+vendor
+.ksl-venv
+.venv
+.tox
+devstack_gate.egg-info/
+*.log
+.coverage
+covhtml
+pep8.txt
+nosetests.xml
+*.db
+.DS_Store
+build/
+dist/
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b54afac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+include README.md
+include setup.cfg
+include setup.py
+include tox.ini
+graft tests
+graft tools
+global-exclude *.pyc *.sdx *.log *.db *.swp
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c929b566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[egg_info]
+tag_build =
+tag_date = 0
+tag_svn_revision = 0
+
+[nosetests]
+verbosity=2
+detailed-errors=1
+cover-erase = true
+cover-inclusive = true
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89d40325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import setuptools
+
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    name="devstack-gate",
+    version="2012.2",
+    description="Devstack gate scripts used by Openstack CI team for testing longest line in this screen",
+    url='https://github.com/openstack-ci/devstack-gate',
+    license='Apache',
+    author='Openstack CI team',
+    author_email='openstack@lists.launchpad.net',
+    packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=['tests', 'tests.*']),
+    classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+        'Environment :: Console',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'Intended Audience :: Information Technology',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+        'Programming Language :: Python',
+    ],
+    test_suite="nose.collector",
+)
diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be7d139f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# devstack-gate dependencies
+sqlalchemy
+sqlalchemy-migrate
diff --git a/tools/test-requires b/tools/test-requires
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32f5acc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test-requires
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Testing
+coverage # computes code coverage percentages
+mox # mock object framework
+nose # for test discovery and console feedback
+nosexcover
+pylint # static code analysis
+pep8==0.6.1 # checks for PEP8 code style compliance
+unittest2 # backport of unittest lib in python 2.7
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6aac8c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[tox]
+envlist = py26,py27,pep8
+
+[testenv]
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/tools/pip-requires
+       -r{toxinidir}/tools/test-requires
+commands = nosetests {posargs}
+
+[testenv:pep8]
+deps = pep8
+commands = pep8 --count --repeat --show-source --exclude=.tox setup.py .
+