diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a0114d3..c3be7ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+MANIFEST
 build/*
+dist/*
 *.pyc
diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e0b49e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+These are lxc bindings for python2.
+
+Build:      python setup.py build
+Install:    python setup.py install
+Build rpm:  python setup.py bdist_rpm
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74b012a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[bdist_rpm]
+group=System Environment/Libraries
+requires=lxc-libs
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b2cfefe..4e19fdc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,9 +25,14 @@ from distutils.core import setup, Extension
 
 module = Extension('_lxc', sources=['lxc.c'], libraries=['lxc'])
 
-setup(name='_lxc',
+setup(name='lxc-python2',
       version='0.1',
-      description='LXC',
+      description='Python2 bindings for LXC',
+      long_description='The lxc-python2 package contains lxc bindings for python2',
+      license='LGPLv2+',
+      maintainer='lxc',
+      maintainer_email='lxc-devel@lists.linuxcontainers.org',
+      url='git://github.com/lxc/python2-lxc',
       packages=['lxc'],
       package_dir={'lxc': 'lxc'},
       ext_modules=[module])