diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5549a04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+*.egg
+*.egg-info
+*.pyc
+*$py.class
+*.pt.py
+*.txt.py
+*~
+.coverage
+.tox/
+nosetests.xml
+build/
+dist/
+bin/
+lib/
+man/
+include/
+cassandra.pid
+cassandra
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ba01f31..e69e0fd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ EZ = bin/easy_install
 NOSE = bin/nosetests -s --with-xunit
 CASSANDRA = bin/cassandra/bin/cassandra
 
-.PHONY:	all clean-env setup clean test clean-cassandra
-
 all: $(PROJECT) $(CASSANDRA)
 
 $(BIN)/python:
@@ -48,3 +46,5 @@ clean:	clean-cassandra clean-env
 
 test: 
 	$(NOSE) messagequeue/tests
+
+.PHONY:	all clean-env setup clean test clean-cassandra
diff --git a/messagequeue/__init__.py b/messagequeue/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acada40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Chameleon==2.5.1
+Distutils2==1.0a3
+Mako==0.5.0
+MarkupSafe==0.15
+MoPyTools==1.5
+Paste==1.7.5.1
+PasteDeploy==1.5.0
+PasteScript==1.7.4.2
+WebOb==1.1.1
+WebTest==1.3.1
+argparse==1.2.1
+distribute==0.6.21
+flake8==0.8
+gunicorn==0.13.4
+nose==1.1.2
+ordereddict==1.1
+pycassa==1.2.1-3
+pypi2rpm==0.5.7
+pyramid==1.2.1
+repoze.lru==0.4
+thrift==0.7.0
+translationstring==0.4
+unittest2==0.5.1
+venusian==1.0a2
+virtualenv==1.6.4
+wsgiref==0.1.2
+zope.component==3.11.0
+zope.deprecation==3.5.0
+zope.event==3.5.1
+zope.interface==3.8.0