diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..760dc17ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[bumpversion]
+current_version = 0.0.3
+commit = True
+tag = True
+
+[bumpversion:file:setup.py]
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ddbbfe1dd..67258fdcd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ __pycache__
 .coverage
 .vscode/
 setup-local.sh
+
+.eggs/
+util.egg-info/
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index a7b8f69f3..52a64209f 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -33,3 +33,6 @@ ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 [mypy-ecies.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
+
+[mypy-setuptools.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f93579ab8..aefbcb6d2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,14 +1 @@
-coverage
-ccxt==3.0.84
-eciespy
-eth-brownie
-enforce_typing
-gql
-mypy
-numpy
-pandas
-pylint
-pytest
-requests
-scipy
-types-requests
+-e .[dev]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..099250984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright 2023 Ocean Protocol Foundation
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+"""The setup script."""
+
+#  Copyright 2018 Ocean Protocol Foundation
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+
+# Installed by pip install ocean-provider
+# or pip install -e .
+install_requirements = [
+    "coverage",
+    "ccxt==3.0.84",
+    "eciespy",
+    "eth-brownie",
+    "enforce_typing",
+    "gql",
+    "mypy",
+    "numpy",
+    "pandas",
+    "pylint",
+    "pytest",
+    "requests",
+    "scipy",
+    "types-requests",
+    "bumpversion",
+]
+
+# Required to run setup.py:
+setup_requirements = ["pytest-runner"]
+
+setup(
+    author="oceanprotocol",
+    author_email="devops@oceanprotocol.com",
+    classifiers=[
+        "Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha",
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
+        "Natural Language :: English",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    ],
+    description="DF PY lib.",
+    install_requires=install_requirements,
+    license="Apache Software License 2.0",
+    include_package_data=True,
+    packages=find_packages(
+        include=[
+            "util",
+            "build",
+            "contracts",
+            "data",
+            "interfaces",
+            "reports",
+            "scripts",
+        ]
+    ),
+    setup_requires=setup_requirements,
+    test_suite="tests",
+    url="https://github.com/oceanprotocol/provider-py",
+    # fmt: off
+    # bumpversion needs single quotes
+    version='0.0.3',
+    # fmt: on
+    zip_safe=False,
+)