diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8afbefe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include README.md
+include requirements.txt
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5e4bc9..c8d52d7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ Get VMWare VCenter information:
 
 ## Usage
 
+- install with `$ python setup.py install` or `$ pip install vmware_exporter`
 - Create a `config.yml` file based on the `config.yml.sample` with at least a `default` section.
-- Run `$ python vmware_exporter.py`
+- Run `$ vmware_exporter -c /path/to/your/config`
 - Go to http://localhost:9272/metrics?target=vcenter.company.com to see metrics
 
+Alternatively, if you don't wish to install the package, run using `$ vmware_exporter/vmware_exporter.py`
+
 ### Prometheus configuration
 
 You can use the following parameters in prometheus configuration file. The `params` section is used to manage multiple login/passwords.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71ebe05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+import vmware_exporter
+
+setup(
+    name='vmware_exporter',
+    version=vmware_exporter.__version__,
+    author=vmware_exporter.__author__,
+    description='VMWare VCenter Exporter for Prometheus',
+    long_description=open('README.md').read(),
+    url='https://github.com/rverchere/vmware_exporter',
+    download_url=("https://github.com/rverchere/vmware_exporter/tarball/%s" %
+                  vmware_exporter.__version__),
+    keywords=['VMWare', 'VCenter', 'Prometheus'],
+    license=vmware_exporter.__license__,
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=['*.test', '*.test.*']),
+    include_package_data=True,
+    install_requires=open('requirements.txt').readlines(),
+    entry_points={
+        'console_scripts': [
+            'vmware_exporter=vmware_exporter.vmware_exporter:main'
+        ]
+    }
+)
diff --git a/vmware_exporter/__init__.py b/vmware_exporter/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..505a9c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vmware_exporter/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+__version__ = "0.1.0"
+__author__ = "Remi Verchere"
+__license__ = "BSD 3-Clause License"
diff --git a/vmware_exporter.py b/vmware_exporter/vmware_exporter.py
similarity index 98%
rename from vmware_exporter.py
rename to vmware_exporter/vmware_exporter.py
index 53de39d..2419125 100755
--- a/vmware_exporter.py
+++ b/vmware_exporter/vmware_exporter.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import sys
 import time
 
-from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from datetime import datetime
 from yamlconfig import YamlConfig
 
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ class VMWareMetricsResource(Resource):
     """
     isLeaf = True
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, args):
         try:
             self.config = YamlConfig(args.config_file)
             if 'default' not in self.config.keys():
@@ -419,21 +418,24 @@ def _vmware_get_hosts(self, content, host_metrics):
                             float(summary.hardware.memorySize) / 1024 / 1024)
 
 
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    parser = ArgumentParser(description='VMWare metrics exporter for Prometheus')
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='VMWare metrics exporter for Prometheus')
     parser.add_argument('-c', '--config', dest='config_file',
                         default='config.yml', help="configuration file")
     parser.add_argument('-p', '--port', dest='port', type=int,
                         default=9272, help="HTTP port to expose metrics")
 
-    args = parser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
+    args = parser.parse_args()
 
     # Start up the server to expose the metrics.
     root = Resource()
-    root.putChild(b'metrics', VMWareMetricsResource())
+    root.putChild(b'metrics', VMWareMetricsResource(args))
 
     factory = Site(root)
     print("Starting web server on port {}".format(args.port))
-    reactor.listenTCP(args.port, factory)
-    reactor.run()
+    #reactor.listenTCP(args.port, factory)
+    #reactor.run()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()