diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6ce27898..cd6c1068 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 tqdm.egg-info
 build/
 dist/
+snapcraft.yaml
 
 # Unit test / coverage reports
 .tox/
diff --git a/snapcraft.yaml b/.snapcraft.yml
similarity index 58%
rename from snapcraft.yaml
rename to .snapcraft.yml
index 49671446..07de7095 100644
--- a/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/.snapcraft.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 name: tqdm
-version: '1.0'
+version: '{version}'
 summary: A fast, extensible progress bar for Python and CLI
 description: |
-  A fast, extensible progress bar for Python and CLI
+  {description}
 grade: stable
 confinement: strict
 base: core18
-icon: tqdm-logo.png
+icon: {icon}
 parts:
   tqdm:
     plugin: python
-    python-version: python2
-    source: https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm.git
+    python-version: python3
+    source: {source}
 apps:
   tqdm:
     command: bin/tqdm
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 98b979a2..3ab2ad60 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 	build
 	buildupload
 	pypi
+	snap
 	help
 	none
 
@@ -92,6 +93,11 @@ tqdm/tqdm.1: .tqdm.1.md
 README.rst: .readme.rst tqdm/_tqdm.py tqdm/_main.py
 	@python mkdocs.py
 
+snapcraft.yaml: .snapcraft.yml
+	cat "$<" | sed -e 's/{version}/'`python -m tqdm --version`'/g' \
+    -e 's/{source}/./g' -e 's/{icon}/logo.png/g' \
+    -e 's/{description}/https:\/\/tqdm.github.io/g' > "$@"
+
 distclean:
 	@+make coverclean
 	@+make prebuildclean
@@ -138,5 +144,9 @@ buildupload:
 	@make build
 	@make pypi
 
+snap:
+	@make snapcraft.yaml
+	snapcraft
+
 none:
 	# used for unit testing