diff --git a/setup/base_manifest_extension/odoo/__init__.py b/setup/base_manifest_extension/odoo/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de40ea7ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/base_manifest_extension/odoo/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
diff --git a/setup/base_manifest_extension/odoo/addons/__init__.py b/setup/base_manifest_extension/odoo/addons/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de40ea7ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/base_manifest_extension/odoo/addons/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
diff --git a/setup/base_manifest_extension/odoo/addons/base_manifest_extension b/setup/base_manifest_extension/odoo/addons/base_manifest_extension
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..b00bc05e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/base_manifest_extension/odoo/addons/base_manifest_extension
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../base_manifest_extension
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup/base_manifest_extension/setup.py b/setup/base_manifest_extension/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28c57bb64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/base_manifest_extension/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import setuptools
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    setup_requires=['setuptools-odoo'],
+    odoo_addon=True,
+)