diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d9a523a6..9d3fa166 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ __pycache__/
 *.so
 
 # Distribution / packaging
+*.tar.gz
 .Python
 env/
 build/
+deb_dist/
 develop-eggs/
 dist/
 downloads/
diff --git a/makedeb b/makedeb
index 28e7bca4..20f3e652 100755
--- a/makedeb
+++ b/makedeb
@@ -1,49 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-py=python3
-name='canopen'
-pkgname=$py-$name
-description="CANopen stack implementation"
-
-version=`git tag |grep -Eo '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' |sort | tail -1  `
-maintainer=`git log -1 --pretty=format:'%an <%ae>'`
-arch=all
-
-echo version: $version
-echo maintainer: $maintainer
-
-cd $(dirname $0)
-package_dir=$PWD/build-deb/${pkgname}_$version-1_all
-fakeroot=$package_dir
-
-mkdir -p $fakeroot
-
-$py setup.py bdist_wheel >setup_py.log
-
-mkdir -p $fakeroot/usr/lib/$py/dist-packages/
-unzip dist/*.whl -d $fakeroot/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/
-
-# deploy extra files
-#cp -r install/* $fakeroot/
-
-mkdir $package_dir/DEBIAN
-
-cat > $package_dir/DEBIAN/control <<control_end
-Package: $pkgname
-Version: $version
-Section: python
-Priority: optional
-Architecture: $arch
-Maintainer: $maintainer
-Description: $description
-Depends: $py, $py-can
-control_end
-
-
-dpkg-deb --build --root-owner-group $package_dir
-
-
-
-
-
-
+python3 setup.py --command-packages=stdeb.command bdist_deb
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 60684932..20a1ec22 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,3 +1,75 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import os
 from setuptools import setup
+import subprocess
 
-setup()
+def get_version():
+    """
+    Get the version from a git tag
+
+    Executes
+        git tag |grep -Eo '[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+' |sort | tail -1
+    and returns the result
+    """
+    tag_proc = subprocess.Popen(
+        ["git", "tag"],
+        cwd=".",
+        stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+    )
+    grep_proc = subprocess.Popen(
+        [
+            "grep",
+            "-Eo",
+            "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+"
+        ],
+        stdin=tag_proc.stdout,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+    )
+    sort_proc = subprocess.Popen(
+        ["sort"],
+        stdin=grep_proc.stdout,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+    )
+    tail_proc = subprocess.Popen(
+        ["tail", "-1"],
+        stdin=sort_proc.stdout,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+    )
+    (stdout, _) = tail_proc.communicate()
+    stdout = stdout.decode()
+    return stdout.strip()
+
+
+def enumerate_modules() -> list[str]:
+    """
+    Enumerate all additional modules that need to be included in the package.
+
+    :return: The list of modules that should be included in the package
+    """
+    modules = []
+    dotpy = ".py"
+    for root_dir, _, files in os.walk("canopen"):
+        for f in files:
+            if f.endswith(dotpy):
+                modules.append(
+                    f"{root_dir.replace('/', '.')}.{f.replace(dotpy, '')}"
+                )
+    return modules
+
+
+setup(
+    name="canopen",
+    version=get_version(),
+    description="CANopen stack implementation",
+    url="https://github.com/christiansandberg/canopen",
+    author="Christian Sandberg",
+    author_email="christiansandberg@me.com",
+    license="MIT",
+    py_modules=enumerate_modules(),
+    install_requires=[],
+)