diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index 577a669..52bb7f2 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 syntax: glob
 *.pyc
 *.swp
+*~
 luminotes.log
+luminotes.db
 session/*
 files/*
+build/*
+dist/*
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56ab1ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import sys
+import py2exe
+from glob import glob
+from distutils.core import setup
+
+def files( path ):
+  return glob( path.replace( "/", "\\" ) )
+
+setup(
+  options = dict(
+    py2exe = dict(
+      packages = "cherrypy.filters",
+      includes = "email.header",
+    )
+  ),
+  console = [ "luminotes.py" ],
+  data_files = [
+    ( "", [ "luminotes.db", ] ),
+    ( "static/css", files( "static/css/*.*" ) ),
+    ( "static/html", files( "static/css/html/*.*" ) ),
+    ( "static/images", files( "static/images/*.*" ) ), # TODO: exclude images like screenshots that don't need to be included
+    ( "static/images/toolbar", files( "static/images/toolbar/*.*" ) ),
+    ( "static/images/toolbar/small", files( "static/images/toolbar/small/*.*" ) ),
+    ( "static/js", files( "static/js/*.*" ) ),
+    ( "files", [] ),
+  ],
+)