diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8336f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+swift>=1.8
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8079a97e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+[metadata]
+name = swift3
+version = 1.7.0
+summary = Swift AmazonS3 API emulation Middleware
+description-file =
+    README.md
+author = OpenStack Foundation
+author-email = openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org
+home-page = https://github.com/stackforge/swift3
+classifier =
+    Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
+    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 :: 2.6
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
+
+[pbr]
+skip_authors = True
+skip_changelog = True
+
+[files]
+packages =
+    swift3
+
+[entry_points]
+paste.filter_factory =
+    swift3 = swift3.middleware:filter_factory
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 982c24ba..9e7ca15f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,22 +9,13 @@
 #
 # 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.
+# 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.
 
-from setuptools import setup
+import setuptools
 
-import swift3
-
-
-setup(name='swift3',
-      version=swift3.version,
-      description='Swift AmazonS3 API emulation Middleware',
-      author='OpenStack Foundation',
-      author_email='openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org',
-      url='https://github.com/stackforge/swift3',
-      packages=['swift3'],
-      requires=['swift(>=1.4)'],
-      entry_points={'paste.filter_factory':
-          ['swift3=swift3.middleware:filter_factory']})
+setuptools.setup(
+    setup_requires=['pbr'],
+    pbr=True)
diff --git a/swift3/__init__.py b/swift3/__init__.py
index 50491021..6e56b37c 100644
--- a/swift3/__init__.py
+++ b/swift3/__init__.py
@@ -15,10 +15,17 @@
 """
 Static Web Middleware for OpenStack Swift
 """
+import pbr.version
 
 __all__ = ['version_info', 'version']
 
-#: Version information ``(major, minor, revision)``.
-version_info = (1, 7, 0)
+# get version info using pbr.version.
+# pbr version info is inferred from version in setup.cfg
+# and vcs information.
+_version_info = pbr.version.VersionInfo('swift3')
+
 #: Version string ``'major.minor.revision'``.
-version = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))
+version = _version_info.version_string()
+
+#: Version information ``(major, minor, revision)``.
+version_info = version.split('.')