diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..447392b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.com>
+Lisa Zangrando <lisa.zangrando@pd.infn.it>
+Vincent Llorens <vincent.llorens@cc.in2p3.fr>
+ervin <ervin.konomi@pd.infn.it>
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..743acc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+CHANGES
+=======
+
+* use pbr fully and use postversioning
+* RPM: don't output errors on uninstallation
+* Fix conf for AMQP virtual host
+* Added unit tests
+* Fixed destroy() method
+* Fixed serializer
+* Fixed logging for managers
+* fix eventlet and dateutil required versions
+* Fix requirement version pinning
+
+1.1.0
+-----
+
+* Release v1.1.0
+* setup.cfg mod
+* setup.cfg updated
+* Use dependency pinning
+* Streamline packaging with docker
+* Commit for fixes described in https://review.openstack.org/#/c/362762/
+* Synergy enhancements
+* Cleanup tox.ini: Remove obsolete constraints
+
+1.0.1
+-----
+
+* Bump version to 1.0.1
+* Fix broken link to doc in README
+
+1.0.0
+-----
+
+* bump to version 1.0.0
+* first functional test added
+* :added pause() and resume() methods to the Manager class
+* add unit tests on the Manager class
+* logging fixed and synergy shell updated
+* update oslo libs required versions
+* add synergy CLI to bin/
+* fixed command.Execute() and changed the logging level of service.executeCommand()
+* small code cleanup w/o affecting functionalities
+* fix logging
+* fix CentOS packaging documentation
+* update synergy configuration file
+* add synergy CLI
+* manager fixed
+
+0.2
+---
+
+* bump version & changelog for release v0.2
+* freeze the OpenStack version for CentOS
+* fix code that prevented the package from running
+* import project from launchpad git repo
+* Added .gitreview
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index bfba8e5..bcc907d 100755
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 [metadata]
 name = synergy-service
-version = 1.1.0
-summary = Synergy is as an extensible general purpose management OpenStack service. 
-description-file =
-    README.rst
+summary = Synergy is as an extensible general purpose management OpenStack service.
+description-file = README.rst
 author = Lisa Zangrando
 author-email = lisa.zangrando@pd.infn.it
 home-page = https://launchpad.net/synergy-service
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 98b93eb..fd6b2bd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.8', 'setuptools>=17.1'],
     pbr=True)