diff --git a/qutebrowser/__init__.py b/qutebrowser/__init__.py
index e4cb56aaa..cd1f319bb 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/__init__.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/__init__.py
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 
 import os.path
 
+__author__ = "Florian Bruhin"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright 2014 Florian Bruhin (The Compiler)"
+__license__ = "GPL"
+__maintainer__ = __author__
+__email__ = "mail@qutebrowser.org"
 __version_info__ = (0, 0, 0)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))
 
diff --git a/scripts/setupcommon.py b/scripts/setupcommon.py
index b1d66b311..bc42f71a5 100644
--- a/scripts/setupcommon.py
+++ b/scripts/setupcommon.py
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ setupdata = {
                     "QtWebKit."),
     'long_description': read_file('README'),
     'url': 'http://www.qutebrowser.org/',
-    'author': "Florian Bruhin",
-    'author_email': 'me@qutebrowser.org',
-    'license': 'GPL',
+    'author': qutebrowser.__author__,
+    'author_email': qutebrowser.__email__,
+    'license': qutebrowser.__license__,
     'classifiers': [
         'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
         'Environment :: X11 Applications :: Qt',