diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4373f87..48ebe956 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,5 @@ mapclassify.egg-info/
 mapclassify/.ropeproject/
 mapclassify/datasets/calemp/.ropeproject/
 mapclassify/tests/.ropeproject/
-setup.cfg
 .DS_Store
 .vscode/settings.json
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01235796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[versioneer]
+VCS = git
+style = pep440
+versionfile_source = mapclassify/_version.py
+versionfile_build = mapclassify/_version.py
+tag_prefix = v
+parentdir_prefix = mapclassify-
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