diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7cd0a5d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# file GENERATED by distutils, do NOT edit
+setup.py
+tqdm.py
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ebc36b2e..7b36604f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
 
 setup(name='tqdm',
+      version='1.0',
       description='A Simple Python Progress Meter',
       author='Noam Yorav-Raphael',
       author_email='noamraph@gmail.com',