diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index f3184e80f..703af1cc6 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 # Exclude certain files or directories when generating an archive
 assets/less/ export-ignore
 .travis.yml export-ignore
-.gitignore export-ignore
-.gitattributes export-ignore
+composer.json
+.git* export-ignore
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38c23f4cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "yourls/yourls",
+  "description": "Your Own URL Shortener",
+  "keywords": [
+    "shortener",
+    "short url",
+    "url",
+    "bitly"
+  ],
+  "homepage": "http://yourls.org",
+  "license": "MIT"
+}