diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+import os
+from distutils.command.build import build
+
+from django.core import management
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+
+try:
+    with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.rst'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        long_description = f.read()
+except:
+    long_description = ''
+
+
+class CustomBuild(build):
+    def run(self):
+        management.call_command('compilemessages', verbosity=1, interactive=False)
+        build.run(self)
+
+
+cmdclass = {
+    'build': CustomBuild
+}
+
+
+setup(
+    name='byro-shackspace',
+    version='0.0.0',
+    description='',
+    long_description=long_description,
+    url='https://github.com/byro/byro-shackspace',
+    author='shackspace',
+    author_email='',
+    license='Apache Software License',
+
+    install_requires=[],
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests', 'tests.*']),
+    include_package_data=True,
+    cmdclass=cmdclass,
+    entry_points="""
+[byro.plugin]
+byro_shackspace=byro_shackspace:ByroPluginMeta
+""",
+)
+