diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4e69f55..9337274 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,23 +16,44 @@
 
 from setuptools import setup
 
-setup(name='multistructlog',
-      version='1.5',
-      description='structlog with multiple simultaneous logging backends',
-      author='Varun Belur, Sapan Bhatia',
-      author_email='varun@opennetworking.org,sapan@opennetworking.org',
-      py_modules=['multistructlog'],
-      license='Apache 2',
-      classifiers=[
-          'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
-          'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-          'Topic :: System :: Logging',
-          'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7'
-      ],
-      copyright='Open Networking Foundation',
-      include_package_data=True,
-      install_requires=['structlog', 'python-logstash', 'colorama'],
-      keywords=['multistructlog', 'structlog',
-                'multiple backends', 'xos logging']
-      )
+
+def readme():
+    with open('README.rst') as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+
+def version():
+    with open('VERSION') as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+
+def parse_requirements(filename):
+    lineiter = (line.strip() for line in open(filename))
+    return [line for line in lineiter if line and not line.startswith("#")]
+
+
+setup(
+    name='multistructlog',
+    version=version(),
+    description='structlog with multiple simultaneous logging backends',
+    long_description=readme(),
+    author='Varun Belur, Sapan Bhatia, Zack Williams',
+    author_email='''
+      varun@opennetworking.org,sapan@opennetworking.org,zdw@opennetworking.org
+      ''',
+    py_modules=['multistructlog'],
+    license='Apache v2',
+    classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'Topic :: System :: Logging',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+    ],
+    copyright='Open Networking Foundation',
+    include_package_data=True,
+    install_requires=parse_requirements('requirements.txt'),
+    keywords=['multistructlog', 'structlog', 'multiple backends'],
+    data_files=[('', ['VERSION', 'requirements.txt', 'README.rst'])],
+)