diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6429f85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+package.xml
+iphp-*.tgz
diff --git a/iphp b/iphp
index 68de5ef..f1fd9bb 100755
--- a/iphp
+++ b/iphp
@@ -2,7 +2,15 @@
 <?php
 ini_set('memory_limit', '20M');
 
-require_once dirname(__FILE__).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'iphp.php';
+if (strpos('@php_bin@', '@php_bin') === 0)  // not a pear install
+{
+    require_once dirname(__FILE__).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'iphp.php';
+}
+else
+{
+    require_once 'iphp'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'iphp.php';
+}
+
 
 $opts = array();
 
diff --git a/pearfarm.spec b/pearfarm.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b724ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pearfarm.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+$spec = PEARFarm_Specification::newSpec(array(PEARFarm_Specification::OPT_BASEDIR => dirname(__FILE__)))
+            ->setName('iphp')
+            ->setChannel('pear.nimblize.com')
+            ->setSummary('PHP Shell')
+            ->setDescription('An interactive PHP Shell (or Console, or REPL).')
+            ->setReleaseVersion('1.0.0')
+            ->setReleaseStability('stable')
+            ->setApiVersion('1.0.0')
+            ->setApiStability('stable')
+            ->setLicense(PEARFarm_Specification::LICENSE_MIT)
+            ->setNotes('First release of iphp.')
+            ->addMaintainer('lead', 'Alan Pinstein', 'apinstein', 'apinstein@mac.com')
+            ->addGitFiles()
+            ->addExecutable('iphp')
+            ;