diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 01e455e735a84e9f23b99ba2d6f63dff4bc33c80..7e944841e4db87d0adcdba85ce5a6fd8545a9585 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import os
 from setuptools import setup
 
+MYDIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+
 setup(
     name='django-starfield',
     version='1.0',