diff --git a/bin/semantic-release b/bin/semantic-release
index 24b1d564..4bfbad2d 100755
--- a/bin/semantic-release
+++ b/bin/semantic-release
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ if (~argv._.indexOf('post')) {
   }))
 }
 
+if (~argv._.indexOf('setup')) {
+  require('../src/setup')()
+  console.log('"package.json" is set up properly. Now configure your CI server.')
+  console.log('https://github.com/boennemann/semantic-release#ci-server')
+}
+
 function isAbbrev (argv, command) {
   return argv._.some(Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.bind(abbrev(command)))
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 188c1461..3249af7f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "git-node": "^0.1.1",
     "github": "^0.2.3",
     "github-url-from-git": "^1.4.0",
+    "ini": "^1.3.2",
     "minimist": "^1.1.0",
     "parse-github-repo-url": "^1.0.0",
     "request": "^2.53.0",
diff --git a/src/setup.js b/src/setup.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7274fb28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/setup.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+'use strict'
+
+var fs = require('fs')
+
+var ini = require('ini')
+var ghUrl = require('github-url-from-git')
+
+module.exports = function () {
+  var pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./package.json') + '')
+
+  // ensure a yet unpublished version
+  pkg.version = '0.0.0-semantically-released'
+
+  // set up scripts
+  var pre = 'semantic-release pre'
+  var post = 'semantic-release post'
+
+  if (!pkg.scripts) pkg.scripts = {}
+
+  if (!pkg.scripts.prepublish) pkg.scripts.prepublish = pre
+  else if (!(new RegExp(pre).test(pkg.scripts.prepublish))) pkg.scripts.prepublish += ' && ' + pre
+
+  if (!pkg.scripts.postpublish) pkg.scripts.postpublish = post
+  else if (!(new RegExp(post).test(pkg.scripts.postpublish))) pkg.scripts.postpublish += ' && ' + post
+
+  // set up repository
+  if (!pkg.repository || !pkg.repository.url) {
+    var config = ini.decode(fs.readFileSync('./.git/config') + '')
+    var repo = config['remote "origin"'].url
+
+    if (repo) pkg.repository = {
+      type: 'git',
+      url: ghUrl(repo)
+    }
+  }
+
+  // set up devDependency
+  if (!pkg.devDependencies) pkg.devDependencies = {}
+
+  if (!pkg.devDependencies['semantic-release']) {
+    pkg.devDependencies['semantic-release'] = '^' + require('../package.json').version
+  }
+
+  fs.writeFileSync('./package.json', JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2))
+}