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+import os
+
+from setuptools import setup, Extension, find_packages
+
+SRC_DIR = 'src'
+
+
+def main():
+    setup(
+        name='postal',
+        version='0.1',
+        install_requires=[
+            'six',
+        ],
+        ext_modules=[
+            Extension('postal.text._tokenize',
+                      sources=[
+                          os.path.join(SRC_DIR, 'scanner.c'),
+                          os.path.join(SRC_DIR, 'string_utils.c'),
+                          os.path.join(SRC_DIR, 'tokens.c'),
+                          os.path.join(SRC_DIR, 'utf8proc/utf8proc.c'),
+                          'python/postal/text/pytokenize.c',
+                      ],
+                      include_dirs=[SRC_DIR],
+                      extra_compile_args=['-O0'],
+                      ),
+
+        ],
+        packages=find_packages(),
+        include_package_data=True,
+        zip_safe=False,
+        url='http://mapzen.com',
+        description='Fast address standardization and deduplication',
+        license='MIT License',
+        maintainer='mapzen.com',
+        maintainer_email='pelias@mapzen.com'
+    )
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()