diff --git a/spacy/__main__.py b/spacy/__main__.py
index cf740c8fe..ba34c478f 100644
--- a/spacy/__main__.py
+++ b/spacy/__main__.py
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ import plac
 from spacy.cli import download as cli_download
 from spacy.cli import link as cli_link
 from spacy.cli import info as cli_info
+from spacy.cli import package as cli_package
 
 
 class CLI(object):
     """Command-line interface for spaCy"""
 
-    commands = ('download', 'link', 'info')
+    commands = ('download', 'link', 'info', 'package')
 
     @plac.annotations(
         model=("model to download (shortcut or model name)", "positional", None, str),
@@ -58,6 +59,20 @@ class CLI(object):
         cli_info(model, markdown)
 
 
+    @plac.annotations(
+        input_dir=("directory with model data", "positional", None, str),
+        output_dir=("output directory", "positional", None, str)
+    )
+    def package(self, input_dir, output_dir):
+        """
+        Generate Python package for model data, including meta and required
+        installation files. A new directory will be created in the specified
+        output directory.
+        """
+
+        cli_package(input_dir, output_dir)
+
+
     def __missing__(self, name):
         print("\n   Command %r does not exist\n" % name)
 
diff --git a/spacy/cli/__init__.py b/spacy/cli/__init__.py
index 2c45b471a..2383e04b9 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 from .download import download
 from .info import info
 from .link import link
+from .package import package
diff --git a/spacy/cli/package.py b/spacy/cli/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d1ff7183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spacy/cli/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+# coding: utf8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import json
+from shutil import copytree
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from .. import about
+from .. import util
+
+
+def package(input_dir, output_dir):
+    input_path = Path(input_dir)
+    output_path = Path(output_dir)
+    check_dirs(input_path, output_path)
+
+    meta = generate_meta()
+    model_name = meta['lang'] + '_' + meta['name']
+    model_name_v = model_name + '-' + meta['version']
+    main_path = output_path / model_name_v
+    package_path = main_path / model_name
+
+    Path.mkdir(package_path, parents=True)
+    copytree(input_path, package_path / model_name_v)
+    create_file(main_path / 'meta.json', json.dumps(meta, indent=2))
+    create_file(main_path / 'setup.py', TEMPLATE_SETUP.strip())
+    create_file(main_path / 'MANIFEST.in', TEMPLATE_MANIFEST.strip())
+    create_file(package_path / '__init__.py', TEMPLATE_INIT.strip())
+
+    util.print_msg(
+        main_path.as_posix(),
+        "To build the package, run python setup.py sdist in that directory.",
+        title="Successfully reated package {p}".format(p=model_name_v))
+
+
+def check_dirs(input_path, output_path):
+    if not input_path.exists():
+        util.sys_exit(input_path.as_poisx(), title="Model directory not found")
+    if not output_path.exists():
+        util.sys_exit(output_path.as_posix(), title="Output directory not found")
+
+
+def create_file(file_path, contents):
+    file_path.touch()
+    file_path.write_text(contents, encoding='utf-8')
+
+
+def generate_meta():
+    settings = [('lang', 'Model language', 'en'),
+                ('name', 'Model name', 'model'),
+                ('version', 'Model version', '0.0.0'),
+                ('spacy_version', 'Required spaCy version', '>=2.0.0,<3.0.0'),
+                ('description', 'Model description', False),
+                ('author', 'Author', False),
+                ('email', 'Author email', False),
+                ('url', 'Author website', False),
+                ('license', 'License', 'MIT')]
+
+    util.print_msg("Enter the package settings for your model.", title="Generating meta.json")
+
+    meta = {}
+    for setting, desc, default in settings:
+        response = util.get_raw_input(desc, default)
+        meta[setting] = default if response == '' and default else response
+    return meta
+
+
+TEMPLATE_MANIFEST = """
+include meta.json
+"""
+
+
+TEMPLATE_SETUP = """
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# coding: utf8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import io
+import json
+from os import path, walk
+from shutil import copy
+from setuptools import setup
+
+
+def load_meta(fp):
+    with io.open(fp, encoding='utf8') as f:
+        return json.load(f)
+
+
+def list_files(data_dir):
+    output = []
+    for root, _, filenames in walk(data_dir):
+        for filename in filenames:
+            if not filename.startswith('.'):
+                output.append(path.join(root, filename))
+    output = [path.relpath(p, path.dirname(data_dir)) for p in output]
+    output.append('meta.json')
+    return output
+
+
+def setup_package():
+    root = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
+    meta_path = path.join(root, 'meta.json')
+    meta = load_meta(meta_path)
+    model_name = str(meta['lang'] + '_' + meta['name'])
+    model_dir = path.join(model_name, model_name + '-' + meta['version'])
+
+    copy(meta_path, path.join(root, model_name))
+    copy(meta_path, path.join(root, model_dir))
+
+    setup(
+        name=model_name,
+        description=meta['description'],
+        author=meta['author'],
+        author_email=meta['email'],
+        url=meta['url'],
+        version=meta['version'],
+        license=meta['license'],
+        packages=[model_name],
+        package_data={model_name: list_files(model_dir)},
+        install_requires=['spacy' + meta['spacy_version']],
+        zip_safe=False,
+    )
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    setup_package()
+"""
+
+
+TEMPLATE_INIT = """
+from pathlib import Path
+from spacy.util import get_lang_class
+import pkg_resources
+import json
+
+
+def load_meta():
+    with (Path(__file__).parent / 'meta.json').open() as f:
+        return json.load(f)
+
+
+def load(**kwargs):
+    meta = load_meta()
+    version = meta['version']
+    data_dir = pkg_resources.resource_filename(__name__, __name__ + '-' + version)
+    lang = get_lang_class(meta['lang'])
+    return lang(path=Path(data_dir), **kwargs)
+"""