diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c01141aa..68ece266 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,12 @@ target/
 build/
 */out/
 */*/out/
+
+# Python
+__pycache__
+*.swp
+.mypy_cache
+.coverage
+htmlcov
+*.egg_info
+dist
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ff85aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+black==19.10b0
+flake8<3.9
+mypy<1.0
+pytest<5.5
+pytest-asyncio<0.15.0
+pytest-cov<2.11
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3e3c11f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[bdist_wheel]
+universal = 1
+
+[metadata]
+requires_dist =
+    # TODO
+
+[flake8]
+# We ignore E203, E501 for this project due to black
+ignore = E203,E501
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..158c2e7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import codecs
+import os.path
+import re
+
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+
+here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+
+def read(*parts):
+    return codecs.open(os.path.join(here, *parts), "r", encoding="utf-8").read()
+
+
+def find_version(*file_paths):
+    version_file = read(*file_paths)
+    version_match = re.search(r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]", version_file, re.M)
+    if version_match:
+        return version_match.group(1)
+    raise RuntimeError("Unable to find version string.")
+
+
+requires = []
+
+setup(
+    name="smithy-python",
+    version=find_version("smithy_python", "__init__.py"),
+    description="Core libraries for Smithy defined services in Python",
+    long_description=open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8").read(),
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
+    author="Amazon Web Services",
+    url="https://github.com/awslabs/smithy-python",
+    scripts=[],
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests*", "codegen"]),
+    include_package_data=True,
+    install_requires=requires,
+    extras_require={},
+    license="Apache License 2.0",
+    classifiers=[
+        "Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha",
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+        "Intended Audience :: System Administrators",
+        "Natural Language :: English",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
+        "Programming Language :: Python",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/smithy_python/__init__.py b/smithy_python/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..326becef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smithy_python/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright 2021 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"). You
+# may not use this file except in compliance with the License. A copy of
+# the License is located at
+#
+#     http://aws.amazon.com/apache2.0/
+#
+# or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file 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.
+
+
+__version__ = "0.0.1"