diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3514a775..5bbc4ff0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,11 +1,70 @@
+import argparse
 import os
 import subprocess
+import sys
 
-from setuptools import setup, Extension, find_packages
+from setuptools import setup, Extension, Command, find_packages
+from setuptools.command.build_py import build_py
+from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
+from setuptools.command.install import install
+from distutils.errors import DistutilsArgError
 
 SRC_DIR = 'src'
 this_dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
+virtualenv_path = os.environ.get('VIRTUAL_ENV')
+if virtualenv_path:
+    virtualenv_path = os.path.abspath(virtualenv_path)
+
+
+def build_dependencies(data_dir=None, prefix=None):
+    subprocess.check_call(['sh', os.path.join(this_dir, 'bootstrap.sh')])
+    configure_command = ['sh', os.path.join(this_dir, 'configure')]
+    if data_dir:
+        configure_command.append('--datadir={}'.format(data_dir))
+    if prefix:
+        configure_command.append('--prefix={}'.format(prefix))
+    subprocess.check_call(configure_command)
+    subprocess.check_call(['make', 'install'])
+
+
+def normalized_path(path):
+    return os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(path)))
+
+
+class InstallWithDependencies(install):
+    user_options = install.user_options + [
+        ('datadir=', None, 'Data directory for libpostal models'),
+        ('prefix=', None, 'Install prefix for libpostal'),
+    ]
+
+    def initialize_options(self):
+        self.datadir = None
+        self.prefix = None
+        install.initialize_options(self)
+
+    def finalize_options(self):
+        if self.prefix is None and virtualenv_path:
+            self.prefix = virtualenv_path
+
+        if self.prefix is not None:
+            self.prefix = normalized_path(self.prefix)
+            if not os.path.exists(self.prefix):
+                os.mkdir(self.prefix)
+
+        if self.datadir is None and self.prefix:
+            self.datadir = os.path.join(self.prefix, 'data')
+
+        if self.datadir is not None:
+            self.datadir = normalized_path(self.datadir)
+            if not os.path.exists(self.datadir):
+                os.mkdir(self.datadir)
+        install.finalize_options(self)
+
+    def run(self):
+        build_dependencies(self.datadir, prefix=self.prefix)
+        install.run(self)
+
 
 def main():
     setup(
@@ -14,6 +73,9 @@ def main():
         install_requires=[
             'six',
         ],
+        cmdclass={
+            'install': InstallWithDependencies,
+        },
         ext_modules=[
             Extension('postal.text._tokenize',
                       sources=[os.path.join(SRC_DIR, f)
@@ -43,6 +105,16 @@ def main():
                       extra_compile_args=['-std=c99', '-DHAVE_CONFIG_H',
                                           '-Wno-unused-function'],
                       ),
+            Extension('postal._expand',
+                      sources=['python/postal/pyexpand.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'},