diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6ca68fbe1..01b8b63c9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ dist
 version.txt
 test/pdf/*.pdf
 .idea
+itools/environment.json
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 32ccc1bc3..b30828847 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -65,8 +65,18 @@ def get_compile_flags(command):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    ext_modules = []
+    itools_is_available = False
+    try:
+        from itools.core import get_abspath
+        from itools.pkg import setup as itools_setup
+        itools_is_available = True
+    except:
+        pass
+    if itools_is_available:
+        itools_setup(get_abspath(''))
+        exit(0)
 
+    ext_modules = []
     # XML Parser
     try:
         flags = get_compile_flags('pkg-config --cflags --libs glib-2.0')