diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3b114c51d..bd57d845b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ def requirements():
 
     return requirements_list
 
+
+def execfile(fn):
+    with open(fn) as f:
+        code = compile(f.read(), fn, 'exec')
+        exec(code)
+
+
 with codecs.open('README.rst', 'r', 'utf-8') as fd:
     execfile(os.path.join('telegram', 'version.py'))