diff --git a/common/Makefile b/common/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a3d9fef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+all:
+	python setup.py build_ext -i
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.so
+	rm -rf build
diff --git a/setup.py b/common/setup.py
similarity index 94%
rename from setup.py
rename to common/setup.py
index fa447858f..d3dc6ff9c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/common/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from distutils.core import setup, Extension
 
 module1 = Extension( 'idle',
-		     sources = ['common/idle.c'],
+		     sources = ['idle.c'],
 #                     extra_compile_args = ['-W'],
                      libraries = ['gtk-x11-2.0','gdk-x11-2.0','glib-2.0','X11','Xext','Xss','atk-1.0'],
                      library_dirs = ['/usr/X11R6/lib'],