diff --git a/lib/py/setup.py b/lib/py/setup.py
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+from distutils.core import setup
+
+setup(name = 'Thrift',
+      version = '1.0',
+      description = 'Thrift Python Libraries',
+      author = ['Mark Slee'],
+      author_email = ['mcslee@facebook.com'],
+      url = 'http://code.facebook.com/thrift',
+      packages = ['thrift', 'thrift.protocol', 'thrift.transport']
+      package_dir = {'thrift' : 'src'},
+      )
+