diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 468493ac03..8ea3f2ffd0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,4 +13,8 @@ Cql.tokens
 .kdev4
 *.kdev4
 CMakeLists.txt.user
+.cache
+.tox
+*.egg-info
+__pycache__CMakeLists.txt.user
 .gdbinit
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e1885febc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+
+setup(
+    name="scylla",
+    description='NoSQL data store using the seastar framework, compatible with Apache Cassandra',
+    url='https://github.com/scylladb/scylla',
+    download_url='https://github.com/scylladb/scylla/tags',
+    license='AGPL',
+    platforms='any',
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    include_package_data=True,
+    install_requires=[])
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36dfb0d830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[tox]
+usedevelop=True
+skipdist=True
+
+[testenv]
+deps =
+    pytest
+    pytest-flake8
+
+commands =
+    pytest --flake8 -k 'not tests'
+
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 120
+exclude = .ropeproject,.tox,tests
+show-source = False
+
+[pytest]
+flake8-ignore =
+    E501