diff --git a/confluent_client/MANIFEST.in b/confluent_client/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a8d2b80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_client/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include confluent_env.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/confluent_client/confluent_env.sh b/confluent_client/confluent_env.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01eededd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_client/confluent_env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+PATH=/opt/confluent/bin:$PATH
+export PATH
diff --git a/confluent_client/setup.py.tmpl b/confluent_client/setup.py.tmpl
index 0eb69827..59ba6142 100644
--- a/confluent_client/setup.py.tmpl
+++ b/confluent_client/setup.py.tmpl
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ setup(
     url='http://xcat.sf.net/',
     packages=['confluent'],
     scripts=['bin/confetty', 'bin/nodehealth', 'bin/nodeidentify', 'bin/nodepower', 'bin/nodesensors', 'bin/nodesetboot'],
+    data_files=[('/etc/profile.d', ['confluent_env.sh'])],
 )