diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a9acf13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[bdist_wheel]
+universal = 1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7b36604f..1e357a0d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from distutils.core import setup
-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from setuptools import setup
 setup(name='tqdm',
       version='1.0',
       description='A Simple Python Progress Meter',