diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+.PHONY: install
+install:
+	pip install -e .
+
+.PHONY: test
+test:
+	python setup.py test
+	
diff --git a/alibi/__init__.py b/alibi/__init__.py
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+++ b/alibi/__init__.py
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+__version__ = '0.0.1'
+
diff --git a/alibi/explainers/__init__.py b/alibi/explainers/__init__.py
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diff --git a/alibi/outlier/__init__.py b/alibi/outlier/__init__.py
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diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
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+[aliases]
+test=pytest
+
+[tool:pytest]
+addopts =
+    --tb native
+    -W ignore
+    --cov=alibi
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+from alibi import __version__
+
+
+def readme():
+    with open('README.md') as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+
+setup(name='alibi',
+      author='Seldon Technologies Ltd.',
+      author_email='hello@seldon.io',
+      version=__version__,
+      description='Algorithms for monitoring and explaining machine learning models',
+      long_description=readme(),
+      url='https://github.com/SeldonIO/alibi',
+      license='Apache 2.0',
+      packages=find_packages(),
+      include_package_data=True,
+      setup_requires=[
+          'pytest-runner'
+      ],
+      install_requires=[],
+      tests_require=[
+          'pytest',
+          'pytest-cov'
+      ],
+      test_suite='tests',
+      zip_safe=False)
diff --git a/tests/.keep b/tests/.keep
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