diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5a15ce2a6..71db65182 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ rpmbuild/
 .rpm-builder-flag
 .VERSION
 kubectl
+/receptorctl/AUTHORS
+/receptorctl/ChangeLog
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 604c016c4..1a4a6b70e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ rpms: $(RPMS)
 
 RECEPTORCTL_WHEEL = receptorctl/dist/receptorctl-$(VERSION)-py3-none-any.whl
 $(RECEPTORCTL_WHEEL): receptorctl/README.md receptorctl/setup.py $(shell find receptorctl/receptorctl -type f -name '*.py')
-	@echo $(VERSION) > .VERSION
 	@cd receptorctl && python3 setup.py bdist_wheel
 
 receptorctl_wheel: $(RECEPTORCTL_WHEEL)
@@ -151,7 +150,6 @@ receptorctl_sdist: $(RECEPTORCTL_SDIST)
 
 RECEPTOR_PYTHON_WORKER_WHEEL = receptor-python-worker/dist/receptor_python_worker-$(VERSION)-py3-none-any.whl
 $(RECEPTOR_PYTHON_WORKER_WHEEL): receptor-python-worker/README.md receptor-python-worker/setup.py $(shell find receptor-python-worker/receptor_python_worker -type f -name '*.py')
-	@echo $(VERSION) > .VERSION
 	@cd receptor-python-worker && python3 setup.py bdist_wheel
 
 container: .container-flag-$(VERSION)
diff --git a/receptorctl/MANIFEST.in b/receptorctl/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72aa2133c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/receptorctl/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include requirements.txt # Needs manual inclusion due to PBR bug
diff --git a/receptorctl/requirements.txt b/receptorctl/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27e24fdf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/receptorctl/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+python-dateutil
+click
+pyyaml
diff --git a/receptorctl/setup.cfg b/receptorctl/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba2ddce30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/receptorctl/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[metadata]
+name = receptorctl
+author = Red Hat
+author-email = info@ansible.com
+summary = "Receptorctl is a front-end CLI and importable Python library that interacts with Receptor over its control socket interface."
+home-page = https://github.com/project-receptor/receptor/tree/devel/receptorctl
+description-file = README.md
+description-content-type = text/markdown
+
+[entry_points]
+console_scripts =
+    receptorctl = receptorctl:run
+
+[files]
+packages =
+    receptorctl
diff --git a/receptorctl/setup.py b/receptorctl/setup.py
index 494be2bd8..aa2d8a019 100644
--- a/receptorctl/setup.py
+++ b/receptorctl/setup.py
@@ -1,50 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-import os
-import subprocess
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-with open('README.md', 'r') as f:
-    long_description = f.read()
-
-verfile = None
-for fn in ['.VERSION', '../.VERSION']:
-    if os.path.exists(fn):
-        verfile = fn
-        break
-
-if verfile is None:
-    subprocess.run(["make", "version"], cwd="../")
-    verfile = '../.VERSION'
-
-    if not os.path.exists(verfile):
-        raise IOError("Version file not found.")
-
-with open(verfile, 'r') as f:
-    version = f.readline().rstrip('\n\r')
+from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
-    name="receptorctl",
-    version=version,
-    author='Red Hat',
-    url="https://github.com/project-receptor/receptor/receptorctl",
-    license='APL 2.0',
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    install_requires=[
-        "setuptools",
-        "python-dateutil",
-        "click",
-        "pyyaml"
-    ],
-    zip_safe=False,
-    entry_points={
-        'console_scripts': [
-              'receptorctl=receptorctl:run'
-          ]
-    },
-    classifiers=[
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    ],
+    setup_requires=['pbr'],
+    pbr=True,
 )