diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce615056e..7398001cd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -106,3 +106,4 @@ tutorial/cmake-build-debug
 .vscode/
 .idea/
 site/
+*.egg-info/
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4e747f981..aadb59cb2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ matrix:
         - liblapack-dev
         - xorg-dev
         - libglu1-mesa-dev
+        - python3-setuptools
+        - libpython3-dev
     env:
     - MATRIX_EVAL="export CONFIG=Debug && CHECK_UNDEFINED=ON && PYTHON=python3"
   - os: linux
@@ -38,12 +40,14 @@ matrix:
         - liblapack-dev
         - xorg-dev
         - libglu1-mesa-dev
+        - python3-setuptools
+        - libpython3-dev
     env:
-    - MATRIX_EVAL="export CC=gcc-7 && CXX=g++-7 && CONFIG=Debug && CHECK_UNDEFINED=OFF && PYTHON=python3"
+    - MATRIX_EVAL="export CC=gcc-7 && CXX=g++-7 && CONFIG=Debug && CHECK_UNDEFINED=ON && PYTHON=python3"
   - os: osx
     compiler: clang
     env:
-    - MATRIX_EVAL="export CONFIG=Debug && CHECK_UNDEFINED=OFF && PYTHON=python"
+    - MATRIX_EVAL="export CONFIG=Debug && CHECK_UNDEFINED=ON && PYTHON=python3"
 
 install:
 - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then brew install ccache; fi
@@ -55,11 +59,8 @@ install:
 script:
 # Python bindings
 - cd python
-- mkdir build
-- cd build
-- cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$CONFIG -DLIBIGL_WITH_EMBREE=OFF -DLIBIGL_USE_STATIC_LIBRARY=ON -DCHECK_UNDEFINED=${CHECK_UNDEFINED} ../
-- make -j 2
-- cd ../tutorial
+- ${PYTHON} setup.py develop --user -- -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CONFIG} -DLIBIGL_WITH_EMBREE=OFF -DLIBIGL_USE_STATIC_LIBRARY=ON -DCHECK_UNDEFINED=${CHECK_UNDEFINED}
+- cd tutorial
 - ${PYTHON} 101_FileIO.py
 - cd ../../
 - rm -rf python/build
diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 901d5837f..6e92fe144 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ project(pyigl)
 # set(PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.5.0/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/include/python3.5m")
 
 set(Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS 3.4 3.5 3.6)
-find_package(PythonLibs REQUIRED)
 find_package(PythonInterp REQUIRED)
+find_package(PythonLibs REQUIRED)
+
 
 string(TOUPPER "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" U_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 if(UNIX)
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21ef19d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import platform
+import subprocess
+
+from setuptools import setup, Extension
+from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+from distutils.sysconfig import get_config_var
+from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_inc
+
+CMAKE_ADDITIONAL_OPT = []
+if '--' in sys.argv:
+    i = sys.argv.index('--')
+    CMAKE_ADDITIONAL_OPT = sys.argv[i+1:]
+    sys.argv = sys.argv[:i]
+
+class CMakeExtension(Extension):
+
+    def __init__(self, name, sourcedir=''):
+        Extension.__init__(self, name, sources=[])
+        self.sourcedir = os.path.abspath(sourcedir)
+
+
+class CMakeBuild(build_ext):
+
+    def run(self):
+        try:
+            out = subprocess.check_output(['cmake', '--version'])
+        except OSError:
+            raise RuntimeError("CMake must be installed to build the following extensions: " +
+                               ", ".join(e.name for e in self.extensions))
+
+        if platform.system() == "Windows":
+            cmake_version = LooseVersion(
+                re.search(r'version\s*([\d.]+)', out.decode()).group(1))
+            if cmake_version < '3.1.0':
+                raise RuntimeError("CMake >= 3.1.0 is required on Windows")
+
+        for ext in self.extensions:
+            self.build_extension(ext)
+
+    def build_extension(self, ext):
+        extdir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(
+            self.get_ext_fullpath(ext.name)))
+
+        python_library = str(get_config_var('LIBDIR'))
+        python_include_directory = str(get_python_inc())
+
+        cmake_args = ['-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=' + extdir,
+                      '-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=' + sys.executable,
+                      '-DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=' + python_include_directory, ]
+
+        cfg = 'Debug' if self.debug else 'Release'
+        build_args = ['--config', cfg]
+
+        if platform.system() == "Windows":
+            cmake_args += [
+                '-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_{}={}'.format(cfg.upper(), extdir)]
+            if sys.maxsize > 2**32:
+                cmake_args += ['-A', 'x64']
+            build_args += ['--', '/m']
+        else:
+            cmake_args += ['-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=' + cfg]
+            build_args += ['--', '-j2']
+        cmake_args += CMAKE_ADDITIONAL_OPT
+
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        env['CXXFLAGS'] = '{} -DVERSION_INFO=\\"{}\\"'.format(env.get('CXXFLAGS', ''),
+                                                              self.distribution.get_version())
+        if not os.path.exists(self.build_temp):
+            os.makedirs(self.build_temp)
+
+        subprocess.check_call(['cmake', ext.sourcedir] +
+                              cmake_args, cwd=self.build_temp, env=env)
+        subprocess.check_call(['cmake', '--build', '.'] +
+                              build_args, cwd=self.build_temp)
+
+setup(
+    name='pyigl',
+    version='0.0.1',
+    author='Geometric Computing Lab @ NYU',
+    author_email='info@geometriccomputing.org',
+    description='',
+    long_description='',
+    ext_modules=[CMakeExtension('pyigl')],
+    cmdclass=dict(build_ext=CMakeBuild),
+    zip_safe=False,
+)