diff --git a/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/__init__.py b/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/__init__.py
index e66b2b9e6b0..70e5d50ca8d 100644
--- a/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/cli/cloudmonkey/__init__.py
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-# Use following rules for versioning:
-# <cli major version>.<cloudstack minor version>.<cloudstack major version>
-# Example: For CloudStack 4.1.x, CLI version should be 0.1.4
-__version__ = "0.0.4"
-
 try:
     from cloudmonkey import *
 except ImportError, e:
diff --git a/tools/cli/setup.py b/tools/cli/setup.py
index fdbdb2ba0d3..9cf6b1789e9 100644
--- a/tools/cli/setup.py
+++ b/tools/cli/setup.py
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ except ImportError:
     use_setuptools()
     from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-from cloudmonkey import __version__
-
-name = 'cloudmonkey'
-version = __version__
+# Use following rules for versioning:
+# <cli major version>.<cloudstack minor version>.<cloudstack major version>
+# Example: For CloudStack 4.1.x, CLI version should be 0.1.4
+version = "0.0.4"
+name = "cloudmonkey"
 
 setup(
     name = name,
@@ -36,9 +37,12 @@ setup(
     maintainer_email = "bhaisaab@apache.org",
     url = "http://incubator.apache.org/cloudstack",
     description = "Command Line Interface for Apache CloudStack",
+    long_description="cloudmonkey is a command line interface for Apache "
+                     "CloudStack powered by CloudStack Marvin testclient",
+    platforms=("Any",),
     license = 'ASL 2.0',
     packages=find_packages(),
-    install_requires=['clint'],
+    install_requires=['clint>=0.3.0'],
     include_package_data = True,
     zip_safe = False,
     classifiers = [