diff --git a/pygomx-module/.gitignore b/pygomx-module/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c4e140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygomx-module/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+dist/
+build/
+*.egg-info
+*.so
+*.h
+*.c
+*.o
+*.a
diff --git a/pygomx-module/MANIFEST.in b/pygomx-module/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e1214c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygomx-module/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include *.so
diff --git a/pygomx-module/Makefile b/pygomx-module/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad9c9c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygomx-module/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+SOURCE_GO=$(shell find ../libmxclient/ -iname "*.go")
+
+.PHONY:
+all: _pygomx.o libmxclient.h
+	mkdir -p build/lib
+	cp *.so build/lib
+
+_pygomx.o: libmxclient.h build_ffi.py
+	python3 build_ffi.py
+
+libmxclient.h: ../libmxclient/go.mod ../libmxclient/go.sum $(SOURCE_GO)
+	cd ../libmxclient/ && \
+	CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -buildmode=c-archive -o ../pygomx-module/libmxclient.a .
+
+.PHONY:
+clean:
+	-rm _pygomx.*
+	-rm libmxclient.*
+	-rm -r dist/
+	-rm -r build/
+	-rm -r pygomx_module.egg-info
+
+.PHONY:
+install: all
+	python setup.py bdist_wheel
+	python setup.py install
diff --git a/pygomx-module/README.txt b/pygomx-module/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52e8a3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygomx-module/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+pygomx-module
+=============
+
+python package with the pygomx binaries
+
+
+build wheel:
+
+    make
+    python setup.py bdist_wheel
+
+install:
+
+    python setup.py install
diff --git a/pygomx-module/build_ffi.py b/pygomx-module/build_ffi.py
index dcc8e48..1c88497 100644
--- a/pygomx-module/build_ffi.py
+++ b/pygomx-module/build_ffi.py
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ ffibuilder.set_source(
     source=""" //passed to the real C compiler
         #include "libmxclient.h"
     """,
-    libraries=["mxclient"],
+    libraries=["mxclient", "olm"],
+    library_dirs=["."],
+    include_dirs=["."],
 )
 
 ffibuilder.cdef(
diff --git a/pygomx-module/requirements.txt b/pygomx-module/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eefbb88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygomx-module/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+cffi
+setuptools>=80
+wheel
diff --git a/pygomx-module/setup.py b/pygomx-module/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5ef31d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygomx-module/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup(name="pygomx-module", version="0.0.1", py_modules=["_pygomx"])