diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index c5e80104c6..f985a1a4e1 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
+global-exclude *.py[cod] __pycache__ *.so
+graft test
 include README.md
+include LICENSE
+include CONTRIBUTING.md
+include requirements.txt
 include test_requirements.txt
diff --git a/packages/mbed-greentea/MANIFEST.in b/packages/mbed-greentea/MANIFEST.in
index 8d035b7ee0..4959a6d9b8 100644
--- a/packages/mbed-greentea/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/packages/mbed-greentea/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
-include README.md LICENSE CONTRIBUTING.md
+global-exclude *.py[cod] __pycache__ *.so
+graft test
+include README.md
+include LICENSE
+include CONTRIBUTING.md
+include requirements.txt
+include test_requirements.txt
 include .coveragerc
diff --git a/packages/mbed-greentea/requirements.txt b/packages/mbed-greentea/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d02d2be9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mbed-greentea/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+mbed-os-tools>=0.0.9,<0.1.0
+mbed-host-tests>=1.5.0,<2
diff --git a/packages/mbed-greentea/setup.py b/packages/mbed-greentea/setup.py
index a88b2baaf0..5f7ee2e6da 100644
--- a/packages/mbed-greentea/setup.py
+++ b/packages/mbed-greentea/setup.py
@@ -27,21 +27,31 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
-
 DESCRIPTION = "mbed 3.0 onwards test suite, codename Greentea. The test suite is a collection of tools that enable automated testing on mbed-enabled platforms"
 OWNER_NAMES = 'Anna Bridge, Qinghao Shi'
 OWNER_EMAILS = 'Anna.Bridge@arm.com, qinghao.shi@arm.com'
 
+repository_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+
 
 def read(fname):
     """
     Utility function to cat in a file (used for the README)
-    @param fname: the name of the file to read, relative to the directory containing this file
+    @param fname: the name of the file to read,
+    relative to the directory containing this file
     @return: The string content of the opened file
     """
-    return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname), encoding="utf-8").read()
+    with open(os.path.join(repository_dir, fname), mode='r') as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+
+with open(os.path.join(repository_dir, 'requirements.txt')) as fh:
+    requirements = fh.readlines()
 
+with open(os.path.join(repository_dir, 'test_requirements.txt')) as fh:
+    test_requirements = fh.readlines()
 
+python_requires = '>=2.7.10, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*, <4'
 setup(name='mbed-greentea',
       version='1.7.3',
       description=DESCRIPTION,
@@ -56,13 +66,24 @@ def read(fname):
       license="Apache-2.0",
       test_suite='test',
       entry_points={
-          "console_scripts": ["mbedgt=mbed_greentea.mbed_greentea_cli:main",],
+          "console_scripts": ["mbedgt=mbed_greentea.mbed_greentea_cli:main", ],
       },
-      install_requires=[
-          "mbed-os-tools>=0.0.9,<0.1.0",
-          "mbed-host-tests>=1.5.0,<2"
-      ],
-      tests_require=[
-          "mock>=2"
-      ]
-)
+      classifiers=(
+          'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
+          'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+          'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+          'Programming Language :: Python',
+          'Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools',
+          'Topic :: Software Development :: Embedded Systems',
+          'Topic :: Software Development :: Testing',
+      ),
+      python_requires=python_requires,
+      install_requires=requirements,
+      tests_require=test_requirements
+      )
diff --git a/packages/mbed-greentea/test_requirements.txt b/packages/mbed-greentea/test_requirements.txt
index 9d64331330..429709a2d2 100644
--- a/packages/mbed-greentea/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/mbed-greentea/test_requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+mock>=2
 coverage
 coveralls
diff --git a/packages/mbed-host-tests/MANIFEST.in b/packages/mbed-host-tests/MANIFEST.in
index 66f99f7031..e95a6c2a7d 100644
--- a/packages/mbed-host-tests/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/packages/mbed-host-tests/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
+global-exclude *.py[cod] __pycache__ *.so
+graft test
 include README.md
+include requirements.txt
+include test_requirements.txt
 include .coveragerc
+
diff --git a/packages/mbed-host-tests/requirements.txt b/packages/mbed-host-tests/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73e4a80573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mbed-host-tests/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mbed-os-tools>=0.0.9,<0.1.0
diff --git a/packages/mbed-host-tests/setup.py b/packages/mbed-host-tests/setup.py
index 2af22e931b..5b0522c0e5 100644
--- a/packages/mbed-host-tests/setup.py
+++ b/packages/mbed-host-tests/setup.py
@@ -31,16 +31,27 @@
 OWNER_NAMES = 'Qinghao Shi'
 OWNER_EMAILS = 'qinghao.shi@arm.com'
 
+repository_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+
 
 def read(fname):
     """
     Utility function to cat in a file (used for the README)
-    @param fname: the name of the file to read, relative to the directory containing this file
+    @param fname: the name of the file to read,
+    relative to the directory containing this file
     @return: The string content of the opened file
     """
-    return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname), encoding="utf8").read()
+    with open(os.path.join(repository_dir, fname), mode='r') as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+
+with open(os.path.join(repository_dir, 'requirements.txt')) as fh:
+    requirements = fh.readlines()
 
+with open(os.path.join(repository_dir, 'test_requirements.txt')) as fh:
+    test_requirements = fh.readlines()
 
+python_requires = '>=2.7.10, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*, <4'
 setup(name='mbed-host-tests',
       version='1.5.9',
       description=DESCRIPTION,
@@ -55,14 +66,26 @@ def read(fname):
       license="Apache-2.0",
       test_suite='test',
       entry_points={
-        "console_scripts":
-            ["mbedhtrun=mbed_host_tests.mbedhtrun:main",
-             "mbedflsh=mbed_host_tests.mbedflsh:main"],
+          "console_scripts":
+              ["mbedhtrun=mbed_host_tests.mbedhtrun:main",
+               "mbedflsh=mbed_host_tests.mbedflsh:main"],
       },
-      install_requires=[
-        "mbed-os-tools>=0.0.9,<0.1.0"
-      ],
-      tests_require=[
-        "mock>=2"
-      ]
+      classifiers=(
+          'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
+          'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+          'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+          'Programming Language :: Python',
+          'Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools',
+          'Topic :: Software Development :: Embedded Systems',
+          'Topic :: Software Development :: Testing',
+      ),
+      python_requires=python_requires,
+      install_requires=requirements,
+      tests_require=test_requirements
 )
diff --git a/packages/mbed-host-tests/test_requirements.txt b/packages/mbed-host-tests/test_requirements.txt
index 9d64331330..429709a2d2 100644
--- a/packages/mbed-host-tests/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/mbed-host-tests/test_requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+mock>=2
 coverage
 coveralls
diff --git a/packages/mbed-ls/MANIFEST.in b/packages/mbed-ls/MANIFEST.in
index 8d035b7ee0..46d7e4bc8b 100644
--- a/packages/mbed-ls/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/packages/mbed-ls/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
-include README.md LICENSE CONTRIBUTING.md
+global-exclude *.py[cod] __pycache__ *.so
+graft test
+include README.md
+include requirements.txt
+include test_requirements.txt
 include .coveragerc
diff --git a/packages/mbed-ls/requirements.txt b/packages/mbed-ls/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13c3bf4d30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mbed-ls/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+PrettyTable>=0.7.2
+mbed-os-tools>=0.0.9,<0.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/mbed-ls/setup.py b/packages/mbed-ls/setup.py
index b04eadfa04..60c7cf33c7 100644
--- a/packages/mbed-ls/setup.py
+++ b/packages/mbed-ls/setup.py
@@ -28,16 +28,27 @@
 OWNER_NAMES = 'Graham Hammond, Mark Edgeworth'
 OWNER_EMAILS = 'Graham.Hammond@arm.com, Mark.Edgeworth@arm.com'
 
+repository_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+
 
 def read(fname):
     """
     Utility function to cat in a file (used for the README)
-    @param fname: the name of the file to read, relative to the directory containing this file
+    @param fname: the name of the file to read,
+    relative to the directory containing this file
     @return: The string content of the opened file
     """
-    return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname), encoding="utf8").read()
+    with open(os.path.join(repository_dir, fname), mode='r') as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+
+with open(os.path.join(repository_dir, 'requirements.txt')) as fh:
+    requirements = fh.readlines()
 
+with open(os.path.join(repository_dir, 'test_requirements.txt')) as fh:
+    test_requirements = fh.readlines()
 
+python_requires = '>=2.7.10, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*, <4'
 setup(name='mbed-ls',
       version='1.7.9',
       description=DESCRIPTION,
@@ -51,19 +62,28 @@ def read(fname):
       packages=find_packages(),
       license="Apache-2.0",
       test_suite='test',
+      classifiers=(
+          'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
+          'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+          'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+          'Programming Language :: Python',
+          'Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools',
+          'Topic :: Software Development :: Embedded Systems',
+      ),
+      python_requires=python_requires,
       entry_points={
-        "console_scripts": [
-            "mbedls=mbed_lstools:mbedls_main",
-        ],
+          "console_scripts": [
+              "mbedls=mbed_lstools:mbedls_main",
+          ],
       },
-      install_requires=[
-          "PrettyTable>=0.7.2",
-          "mbed-os-tools>=0.0.9,<0.1.0"
-      ],
-      tests_require=[
-          "mock>=2",
-          "pytest>=3"
-      ],
+      install_requires=requirements,
+      tests_require=test_requirements,
       extras_require={
           "colorized_logs": ["colorlog"]
       }
diff --git a/packages/mbed-ls/test_requirements.txt b/packages/mbed-ls/test_requirements.txt
index 9d64331330..c02522629e 100644
--- a/packages/mbed-ls/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/mbed-ls/test_requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+mock>=2
+pytest>=3
 coverage
 coveralls
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ccdc16dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+PySerial>=3.0,<4.0
+requests>=2.0,<3.0
+intelhex>=2.0,<3.0
+future
+PrettyTable>=0.7.2
+fasteners
+appdirs>=1.4,<2.0
+junit-xml>=1.0,<2.0
+lockfile
+six>=1.0,<2.0
+colorama>=0.3,<0.5
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b150035ba9..6dd02b3b85 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,13 +21,27 @@
 OWNER_NAMES = "Jimmy Brisson, Brian Daniels"
 OWNER_EMAILS = "jimmy.brisson@arm.com, brian.daniels@arm.com"
 
+repository_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+
 
-# Utility function to cat in a file (used for the README)
 def read(fname):
-    with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname), 'r') as f:
+    """
+    Utility function to cat in a file (used for the README)
+    @param fname: the name of the file to read,
+    relative to the directory containing this file
+    @return: The string content of the opened file
+    """
+    with open(os.path.join(repository_dir, fname), mode='r') as f:
         return f.read()
 
 
+with open(os.path.join(repository_dir, 'requirements.txt')) as fh:
+    requirements = fh.readlines()
+
+with open(os.path.join(repository_dir, 'test_requirements.txt')) as fh:
+    test_requirements = fh.readlines()
+
+python_requires = '>=2.7.10, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*, <4'
 setup(
     name="mbed-os-tools",
     version=read("src/mbed_os_tools/VERSION.txt").strip(),
@@ -44,20 +58,23 @@ def read(fname):
     package_data={"": ["VERSION.txt"]},
     license="Apache-2.0",
     test_suite="test",
-    install_requires=[
-        "PySerial>=3.0,<4.0",
-        "requests>=2.0,<3.0",
-        "intelhex>=2.0,<3.0",
-        "future",
-        "PrettyTable>=0.7.2",
-        "fasteners",
-        "appdirs>=1.4,<2.0",
-        "junit-xml>=1.0,<2.0",
-        "lockfile",
-        "six>=1.0,<2.0",
-        "colorama>=0.3,<0.5",
-    ],
-    tests_require=read("test_requirements.txt").splitlines(),
+    classifiers=(
+        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python',
+        'Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools',
+        'Topic :: Software Development :: Embedded Systems',
+    ),
+    python_requires=python_requires,
+    install_requires=requirements,
+    tests_require=test_requirements,
     extras_require={
         "pyocd": ["pyocd==0.14.0"]
     },