diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a1b8798bd65dc521611c12d822800bcf2df8a1b6..bcd00b5747c91be6f278b9b82ad94bf042242c72
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 try:
     from setuptools import setup, Extension
 except ImportError: