diff --git a/pyste/dist/.cvsignore b/pyste/dist/.cvsignore
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+++ b/pyste/dist/.cvsignore
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+*.zip
+*.pyc
diff --git a/pyste/dist/create_build.py b/pyste/dist/create_build.py
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+++ b/pyste/dist/create_build.py
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+import os
+import sys
+import shutil
+from zipfile import ZipFile, ZIP_DEFLATED
+
+def main():
+    # create exe
+    status = os.system('python setup.py py2exe >& build.log')
+    if status != 0:
+        raise RuntimeError, 'Error creating EXE'
+
+    # create distribution
+    import pyste
+    version = pyste.__VERSION__
+    zip = ZipFile('pyste-%s.zip' % version, 'w', ZIP_DEFLATED)    
+    # include the base files
+    dist_dir = 'dist/pyste'
+    for basefile in os.listdir(dist_dir):
+        zip.write(os.path.join(dist_dir, basefile), basefile)
+    zip.close()
+    # cleanup
+    os.remove('build.log')
+    shutil.rmtree('build')
+    shutil.rmtree('dist')
+    
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.path.append('../src')
+    main()
diff --git a/pyste/dist/setup.py b/pyste/dist/setup.py
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+from distutils.core import setup
+import py2exe
+
+setup(name='pyste', scripts=['../src/pyste.py'])