diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index f2efb135..3d26d254 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ include CONTRIBUTORS.txt
 include CHANGES.md
 include Makefile
 include setup.py
+include setup.cfg
 
 include bin/markdown2
 include test/api.doctests
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fe3b747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[aliases]
+build=sdist bdist_wheel
+
+[wheel]
+universal = 1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index db3282bc..1d374829 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
-import distutils
-from distutils.core import setup
+
+from setuptools import setup
 
 _top_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(_top_dir, "lib"))