diff --git a/.git_archival.txt b/.git_archival.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95cb3eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git_archival.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ref-names: $Format:%D$
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e8fe43e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Needed for setuptools-scm-git-archive
+.git_archival.txt  export-subst
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46a7d044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2018 Red Hat
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99874e7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+BASE_IMAGE := registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:29
+TEST_TARGET := ./tests/
+PY_PACKAGE := ogr
+OGR_IMAGE := ogr
+
+build: recipe.yaml
+	sudo ansible-bender build --build-volumes $(CURDIR):/src:Z -- ./recipe.yaml $(BASE_IMAGE) $(OGR_IMAGE)
+
+check:
+	PYTHONPATH=$(CURDIR) pytest-3 -v $(TEST_TARGET)
+
+shell:
+	sudo podman run --rm -ti -v $(CURDIR):/src:Z -w /src $(OGR_IMAGE) bash
+
+check-pypi-packaging:
+	sudo podman run --rm -ti -v $(CURDIR):/src:Z -w /src $(OGR_IMAGE) bash -c '\
+		set -x \
+		&& rm -f dist/* \
+		&& python3 ./setup.py sdist bdist_wheel \
+		&& pip3 install dist/*.tar.gz \
+		&& pip3 show $(PY_PACKAGE) \
+		&& twine check ./dist/* \
+		&& python3 -c "import ogr; assert ogr.__version__" \
+		&& pip3 show -f $(PY_PACKAGE) | ( grep test && exit 1 || :) \
+		'
diff --git a/ogr/__init__.py b/ogr/__init__.py
index a828fb76..87d29f81 100644
--- a/ogr/__init__.py
+++ b/ogr/__init__.py
@@ -3,3 +3,11 @@
 - simplifying the python work with git
 - intruduce one api for multiple git services (github/gitlab/pagure)
 """
+
+from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
+
+try:
+    __version__ = get_distribution(__name__).version
+except DistributionNotFound:
+    # package is not installed
+    pass
diff --git a/recipe.yaml b/recipe.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1967d39d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipe.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+---
+- name: This is a recipe for how to cook with ogr
+  hosts: all
+  tasks:
+  - name: Install all packages needed to hack on ogr.
+    dnf:
+      name:
+      - python3-pip
+      - python3-setuptools
+      - git
+      - python3-setuptools_scm
+      - python3-setuptools_scm_git_archive
+      - python3-wheel  # for bdist_wheel
+  - name: Install latest twine for sake of check command
+    pip:
+      name:
+      - twine  # we need newest twine, b/c of the check command
+      - readme_renderer[md]
+      state: latest
+  - name: Install dependencies for git APIs
+    dnf:
+      name:
+      - python3-requests
+      - python3-pygithub
+      - python3-libpagure
+      - python3-gitlab
+      state: present
+  - name: stat /src
+    stat:
+      path: /src
+    tags:
+    - no-cache
+    register: src_path
+  - name: Let's make sure /src is present
+    assert:
+      that:
+      - 'src_path.stat.isdir'
+  # this requires to have sources mounted inside at /src
+  - name: Install ogr from the current working directory
+    pip:
+      name: /src
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0910573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+[bdist_wheel]
+universal = 1
+
+[metadata]
+name = ogr
+url = https://github.com/user-cont/ogr
+description = One API for multiple git forges.
+long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown
+author = Red Hat
+author_email = user-cont-team@redhat.com
+license = MIT
+license_file = LICENSE
+classifiers =
+    Development Status :: 4 - Beta
+    Intended Audience :: Developers
+    License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
+    Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
+    Programming Language :: Python
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
+    Topic :: Software Development
+    Topic :: Utilities
+keywords =
+    git
+    api
+    github
+    gitlab
+    pagure
+
+
+[options]
+python_requires = >=3.6
+include_package_data = True
+
+setup_requires =
+    setuptools_scm
+    setuptools_scm_git_archive
+
+install_requires =
+    GitPython
+    PyGithub
+    libpagure
+    python-gitlab
+
+[options.extras_require]
+testing =
+    pytest
+
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46fa4c25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import setuptools
+
+setuptools.setup(use_scm_version=True,
+                 packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=['tests*']), )