diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+# requirements file
+
+### BEGIN ###
+pydub==0.9.4
+PyAudio==0.2.8
+numpy==1.8.2
+scipy==0.12.1
+matplotlib==1.3.1
+### END ###
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+# import os, sys
+
+
+def parse_requirements(requirements):
+    # load from requirements.txt
+    with open(requirements) as f:
+        lines = [l for l in f]
+        # remove spaces
+        stripped = map((lambda x: x.strip()), lines)
+        # remove comments
+        nocomments = filter((lambda x: not x.startswith('#')), stripped)
+        # remove empty lines
+        reqs = filter((lambda x: x), nocomments)
+        return reqs
+
+PACKAGE_NAME = "dejavu"
+PACKAGE_VERSION = "0.1"
+SUMMARY = 'Dejavu Audio Fingerprinting'
+DESCRIPTION = """Dejavu Audio Fingerprinting"""
+REQUIREMENTS = parse_requirements("requirements.txt")
+
+setup(
+    name=PACKAGE_NAME,
+    version=PACKAGE_VERSION,
+    description=SUMMARY,
+    long_description=DESCRIPTION,
+    author='worldveil',
+    author_email='will.drevo@gmail.com',
+    url='http://github.com/tuxdna/dejavu',
+    license='Apache 2.0',
+    include_package_data=True,
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    platforms=['Any'],
+    install_requires=REQUIREMENTS,
+    classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+        'Environment :: Console',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+        'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
+    ],
+)