diff --git a/lib/xos-api/setup.py b/lib/xos-api/setup.py
index 32c566f..92c7898 100644
--- a/lib/xos-api/setup.py
+++ b/lib/xos-api/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 # Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -14,17 +12,30 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 import os
+from shutil import copyfile
+
+from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools.command.install import install
 
-try:
-    from xosutil.autoversion_setup import setup_with_auto_version as setup
-except ImportError:
-    # xosutil is not installed. Expect this to happen when we build an egg, in which case xosgenx.version will
-    # automatically have the right version.
-    from setuptools import setup
 
-from xosapi.version import __version__
+def version():
+    # Copy VERSION file of parent to module directory if not found
+    if not os.path.exists("xosapi/VERSION"):
+        copyfile("../../VERSION", "xosapi/VERSION")
+    with open("xosapi/VERSION") as f:
+        return f.read().strip()
+
+
+def parse_requirements(filename):
+    # parse a requirements.txt file, allowing for blank lines and comments
+    requirements = []
+    for line in open(filename):
+        if line and not line.startswith("#"):
+            requirements.append(line)
+    return requirements
 
 
 class InstallFixChameleonPermissions(install):
@@ -41,9 +52,11 @@
 
 setup_result = setup(
     name="xosapi",
-    version=__version__,
+    version=version(),
+    classifiers=["License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License"],
+    license="Apache v2",
     cmdclass={"install": InstallFixChameleonPermissions},
-    description="XOS api client",
+    description="XOS API client",
     packages=[
         "xosapi.chameleon_client",
         "xosapi.chameleon_client.protos",
@@ -51,5 +64,11 @@
         "xosapi",
         "xosapi.convenience",
     ],
+    install_requires=parse_requirements("requirements.txt"),
+    include_package_data=True,
+    package_data={
+        "xosapi.chameleon_client.protos": ["*.proto"],
+        "xosapi.chameleon_client.protoc_plugins": ["*.desc"],
+    },
     scripts=["xossh"],
 )