diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a910b5b..ec9164f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ $ cd dns
 $ virtualenv env
 ...
 $ source env/bin/activate
+$ pip install -U setuptools
 $ pip install octodns
 $ mkdir config
 ```
diff --git a/octodns/__init__.py b/octodns/__init__.py
index 2166778..aaaa2a5 100644
--- a/octodns/__init__.py
+++ b/octodns/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
-'OctoDNS: DNS as code - Tools for managing DNS across multiple providers'
-
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, \
     unicode_literals
+import pkg_resources
+from os import path
+from setuptools.config import read_configuration
+
+
+def _extract_version(package_name):
+    try:
+        return pkg_resources.get_distribution(package_name).version
+    except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+        _conf = read_configuration(
+            path.join(
+                path.dirname(path.dirname(__file__)),
+                'setup.cfg'
+            )
+        )
+        return _conf['metadata']['version']
+
+
+__version__ = _extract_version('octodns')
+
 
-__VERSION__ = '0.8.8'
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print(__version__)
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 5cdf252..0000000
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-coverage
-mock
-nose
-pep8
-pyflakes
-requests_mock
-setuptools>=36.4.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 80fbe1e..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# These are known good versions. You're free to use others and things will
-# likely work, but no promises are made, especilly if you go older.
-PyYaml==3.12
-azure-mgmt-dns==1.0.1
-azure-common==1.1.6
-boto3==1.4.6
-botocore==1.6.8
-dnspython==1.15.0
-docutils==0.14
-dyn==1.8.0
-futures==3.1.1
-google-cloud==0.27.0
-incf.countryutils==1.0
-ipaddress==1.0.18
-jmespath==0.9.3
-msrestazure==0.4.10
-natsort==5.0.3
-nsone==0.9.14
-ovh==0.4.7
-python-dateutil==2.6.1
-requests==2.13.0
-s3transfer==0.1.10
-six==1.10.0
diff --git a/script/bootstrap b/script/bootstrap
index 1f76914..dfbb142 100755
--- a/script/bootstrap
+++ b/script/bootstrap
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ if [ ! -d "$VENV_NAME" ]; then
 fi
 . "$VENV_NAME/bin/activate"
 
-pip install -U -r requirements.txt
+pip install -e .
 
 if [ "$ENV" != "production" ]; then
-    pip install -U -r requirements-dev.txt
+    pip install -e .[dev]
 fi
 
 if [ ! -L ".git/hooks/pre-commit" ]; then
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f21fdbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+[metadata]
+name = octodns
+description = "DNS as code - Tools for managing DNS across multiple providers"
+long_description = file: README.md
+version = 0.8.8
+author = Ross McFarland
+author_email = rwmcfa1@gmail.com
+url = https://github.com/github/octodns
+license = MIT
+keywords = dns, providers
+classifiers =
+    License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
+    Programming Language :: Python
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
+
+[options]
+install_requires = 
+    PyYaml==3.12
+    azure-mgmt-dns==1.0.1
+    azure-common==1.1.6
+    boto3==1.4.6
+    botocore==1.6.8
+    dnspython==1.15.0
+    docutils==0.14
+    dyn==1.8.0
+    futures==3.1.1
+    google-cloud==0.27.0
+    incf.countryutils==1.0
+    ipaddress==1.0.18
+    jmespath==0.9.3
+    msrestazure==0.4.10
+    natsort==5.0.3
+    nsone==0.9.14
+    ovh==0.4.7
+    python-dateutil==2.6.1
+    requests==2.13.0
+    s3transfer==0.1.10
+    six==1.10.0
+packages = find:
+include_package_data = True
+
+[options.entry_points]
+console_scripts = 
+    octodns-compare = octodns.cmds.compare:main
+    octodns-dump = octodns.cmds.dump:main
+    octodns-report = octodns.cmds.report:main
+    octodns-sync = octodns.cmds.sync:main
+    octodns-validate = octodns.cmds.validate:main
+
+[options.packages.find]
+exclude =
+    tests
+
+[options.extras_require]
+dev =
+    coverage
+    mock
+    nose
+    pep8
+    pyflakes
+    requests_mock
+    setuptools>=36.4.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f2b901d..2598061 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,47 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+from setuptools import setup
 
-from os.path import dirname, join
-import octodns
 
-try:
-    from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-except ImportError:
-    from distutils.core import find_packages, setup
-
-cmds = (
-    'compare',
-    'dump',
-    'report',
-    'sync',
-    'validate'
-)
-cmds_dir = join(dirname(__file__), 'octodns', 'cmds')
-console_scripts = {
-    'octodns-{name} = octodns.cmds.{name}:main'.format(name=name)
-    for name in cmds
-}
-
-setup(
-    author='Ross McFarland',
-    author_email='rwmcfa1@gmail.com',
-    description=octodns.__doc__,
-    entry_points={
-        'console_scripts': console_scripts,
-    },
-    install_requires=[
-        'PyYaml>=3.12',
-        'dnspython>=1.15.0',
-        'futures>=3.0.5',
-        'incf.countryutils>=1.0',
-        'ipaddress>=1.0.18',
-        'natsort>=5.0.3',
-        'python-dateutil>=2.6.0',
-        'requests>=2.13.0'
-    ],
-    license='MIT',
-    long_description=open('README.md').read(),
-    name='octodns',
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    url='https://github.com/github/octodns',
-    version=octodns.__VERSION__,
-)
+setup()