diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..051b51c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[metadata]
+name = monasca_ceilometer
+
+summary = OpenStack Monasca Ceilometer - Provide Metering for Monasca
+description-file =
+    README.md
+author = OpenStack
+author-email = openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org
+home-page = https://github.com/openstack/monasca-ceilometer
+classifier =
+    Environment :: OpenStack
+    Intended Audience :: Information Technology
+    Intended Audience :: System Administrators
+    License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
+    Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
+    Programming Language :: Python
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 2
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
+
+[files]
+packages =
+    ceilosca
+
+[pbr]
+warnerrors = True
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 46f7cd7..e2be832 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
-from setuptools import setup
+# (c) Copyright 2017 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
+# (c) Copyright 2017 SUSE LLC
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
 
-# Prereqs of the build. Won't get installed when deploying the egg.
-setup(
-    setup_requires=[])
+# THIS FILE IS MANAGED BY THE GLOBAL REQUIREMENTS REPO - DO NOT EDIT
+import setuptools
+
+# In python < 2.7.4, a lazy loading of package `pbr` will break
+# setuptools if some other modules registered functions in `atexit`.
+# solution from: http://bugs.python.org/issue15881#msg170215
+try:
+    import multiprocessing  # noqa
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=1.8'],
+    pbr=True)