diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9b4f3bae79bc17770ac3b306df05e3e3dd4172c4..c9b32cee9fd3ad46dfa24e9d23ead697a5b62265 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ cabal-dev
 *.aux*
 *.ps*
 *.hp*
-Setup.hs
 dist
 tmp
 log
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9a994af677b0dfd41b4e3b76b3e7e604003d64e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Setup.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain