diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0965477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+.PHONY: clean-pyc clean-build help test
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
+
+help: ## print this help screen
+	@perl -nle'print $& if m{^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+:.*?## .*$$}' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-25s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+
+clean: clean-build clean-pyc
+	@echo "all clean now .."
+
+clean-build: ## remove build artifacts
+	@rm -fr build/
+	@rm -fr dist/
+	@rm -fr htmlcov/
+	@rm -fr *.egg-info
+	@rm -rf .coverage
+
+clean-pyc: ## remove Python file artifacts
+	@find . -name '*.pyc' -exec rm -f {} +
+	@find . -name '*.pyo' -exec rm -f {} +
+	@find . -name '*.orig' -exec rm -f {} +
+	@find . -name '*~' -exec rm -f {} +
+
+release: clean ## package and upload a release (working dir must be clean)
+	@while true; do \
+		CURRENT=`python -c "import wagtail_modeltranslation; print(wagtail_modeltranslation.__version__)"`; \
+		echo ""; \
+		echo "=== The current version is $$CURRENT - what's the next one?"; \
+		echo "==========================================================="; \
+		echo "1 - new major version"; \
+		echo "2 - new minor version"; \
+		echo "3 - patch"; \
+		echo "4 - keep the current version"; \
+		echo ""; \
+		read yn; \
+		case $$yn in \
+			1 ) bumpversion major; break;; \
+			2 ) bumpversion minor; break;; \
+			3 ) bumpversion patch; break;; \
+			4 ) break;; \
+			* ) echo "Please answer 1-3.";; \
+		esac \
+	done
+	@python setup.py bdist_wheel && twine upload dist/*
diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8af0ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[[source]]
+url = "https://pypi.python.org/simple"
+verify_ssl = true
+name = "pypi"
+
+[packages]
+bumpversion = "*"
+wheel = "*"
+
+[dev-packages]
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce0a5c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+    "_meta": {
+        "hash": {
+            "sha256": "8a50cf92fd274fbd58348130a7ab3568a8f694ad373cb5a67d45da7a46b96827"
+        },
+        "pipfile-spec": 6,
+        "requires": {
+            "python_version": "3.6"
+        },
+        "sources": [
+            {
+                "name": "pypi",
+                "url": "https://pypi.python.org/simple",
+                "verify_ssl": true
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    "default": {
+        "bumpversion": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:6744c873dd7aafc24453d8b6a1a0d6d109faf63cd0cd19cb78fd46e74932c77e",
+                "sha256:6753d9ff3552013e2130f7bc03c1007e24473b4835952679653fb132367bdd57"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==0.5.3"
+        },
+        "wheel": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:1ae8153bed701cb062913b72429bcf854ba824f973735427681882a688cb55ce",
+                "sha256:9cdc8ab2cc9c3c2e2727a4b67c22881dbb0e1c503d592992594c5e131c867107"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==0.31.0"
+        }
+    },
+    "develop": {}
+}
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62f8eed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[bumpversion]
+current_version = 0.8.1
+commit = True
+tag = True
+
+[bumpversion:file:wagtail_modeltranslation/__init__.py]
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2f41c13..9606ab7 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,9 +1,24 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+import re
+
+import os
 from setuptools import setup
 
+
+def get_version(*file_paths):
+    filename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), *file_paths)
+    version_file = open(filename).read()
+    version_match = re.search(r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]", version_file, re.M)
+    if version_match:
+        return version_match.group(1)
+    raise RuntimeError('Please assure that the package version is defined as "__version__ = x.x.x" in ' + filename)
+
+
+version = get_version("wagtail_modeltranslation", "__init__.py")
+
 setup(
     name='wagtail-modeltranslation',
-    version='0.8.1',
+    version=version,
     description='Translates Wagtail CMS models using a registration approach.',
     long_description=(
         'The modeltranslation application can be used to translate dynamic '
diff --git a/wagtail_modeltranslation/__init__.py b/wagtail_modeltranslation/__init__.py
index 8011855..a8d9006 100644
--- a/wagtail_modeltranslation/__init__.py
+++ b/wagtail_modeltranslation/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # coding: utf-8
-
+__version__ = '0.8.1'
 default_app_config = 'wagtail_modeltranslation.apps.ModeltranslationConfig'