diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2e35fa0..86b929b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 *~
 build/
 dist/
+rec/
+*.egg-info/
diff --git a/server/cli.py b/server/cli.py
index ee9b099..49107c9 100644
--- a/server/cli.py
+++ b/server/cli.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import os.path
 import sys
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, Action
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -74,7 +75,10 @@ def common_pre():
                 logger.warn("Configuration file '%s' does not exist; skipping" % path)
                 continue
             configs.append(path)
-    os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
+    if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
+        os.chdir(sys._MEIPASS)
+    else:
+        os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
     for conf in configs:
         get_config().from_pyfile(conf)
 
diff --git a/server/default_config.py b/server/default_config.py
index 483e470..2e60c92 100644
--- a/server/default_config.py
+++ b/server/default_config.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import logging
+import os.path
+import sys
 
 HOST = "localhost"
 PORT = "8000"
@@ -28,13 +30,18 @@ TAG_EXTRA = {}
 # LICENSE URI is special because date need to be added
 TAG_LICENSE_URI = None
 
+# defaults
 STATIC_FILES = "static/"
 STATIC_PAGES = "pages/"
-try:
-    from pkg_resources import resource_filename, resource_isdir
+if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):  # pyinstaller
+    STATIC_FILES = os.path.join(sys._MEIPASS, STATIC_FILES)
+    STATIC_PAGES = os.path.join(sys._MEIPASS, STATIC_PAGES)
+else:
+    try:
+        from pkg_resources import resource_filename, resource_isdir
 
-    if resource_isdir("techrec", "pages"):
-        STATIC_PAGES = resource_filename("techrec", "pages")
-        STATIC_FILES = resource_filename("techrec", "static")
-except ImportError:
-    logging.exception("Error loading resources from installed part")
+        if resource_isdir("techrec", "pages"):
+            STATIC_PAGES = resource_filename("techrec", "pages")
+            STATIC_FILES = resource_filename("techrec", "static")
+    except ImportError:
+        logging.exception("Error loading resources from installed part")
diff --git a/techrec.spec b/techrec.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b8b0a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/techrec.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# -*- mode: python ; coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+block_cipher = None
+
+
+a = Analysis(
+    ["server/cli.py"],
+    pathex=["."],
+    binaries=[],
+    datas=[
+        ("server/default_config.py", "."),
+        ("server/pages/", "pages/"),
+        ("server/static/", "static/"),
+    ],
+    hiddenimports=[
+        "techrec.cli",
+        "techrec.config_manager",
+        "techrec.db",
+        "techrec.default_config",
+        "techrec.forge",
+        "techrec.maint",
+        "techrec.processqueue",
+        "techrec.server",
+        "techrec.test_forge",
+    ],
+    hookspath=[],
+    runtime_hooks=[],
+    excludes=[],
+    win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
+    win_private_assemblies=False,
+    cipher=block_cipher,
+    noarchive=False,
+)
+pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data, cipher=block_cipher)
+exe = EXE(
+    pyz,
+    a.scripts,
+    a.binaries,
+    a.zipfiles,
+    a.datas,
+    [],
+    name="techrec",
+    debug=False,
+    bootloader_ignore_signals=False,
+    strip=True,
+    upx=True,
+    upx_exclude=[],
+    runtime_tmpdir=None,
+    console=True,
+)
+# vim: set ft=python: