diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5bbc4ff0..0c6b0bc4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -115,6 +115,16 @@ def main():
                                           '-DHAVE_CONFIG_H',
                                           '-Wno-unused-function'],
                       ),
+            Extension('postal._parser',
+                      sources=['python/postal/pyparser.c'],
+                      include_dirs=[this_dir, os.path.join(this_dir, SRC_DIR)],
+                      library_dirs=[os.path.join(this_dir, SRC_DIR, '.libs'),
+                                    os.path.join(this_dir, SRC_DIR)],
+                      libraries=['postal'],
+                      extra_compile_args=['-std=c99',
+                                          '-DHAVE_CONFIG_H',
+                                          '-Wno-unused-function'],
+                      ),
         ],
         packages=find_packages('python'),
         package_dir={'': 'python'},