diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 36d7ade..003e2ed 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 .env.*.php
 .env.php
 .env
+
+/vendor/
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b5fc1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+    "name": "jorenvanhocht/create-packages",
+    "description": "Laravel packages for quickly creating a new package base structure",
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "authors": [
+        {
+            "name": "Joren Van Hocht",
+            "email": "vanhochtjoren@gmail.com"
+        }
+    ],
+    "require": {}
+}