diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+from distutils.command.sdist import sdist as sdist_orig
+from distutils.errors import DistutilsExecError
+
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+
+class install(sdist_orig):
+
+    def run(self):
+        try:
+            self.spawn(['sh', '.install.sh'])
+        except DistutilsExecError:
+            self.warn('lost installation script')
+        super().run()
+
+
+setup(name='tods',
+    version='0.0.1',
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=['contrib', 'docs', 'site', 'test*']),
+    cmdclass={
+        'install': install
+    },
+)