diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-ifc5d-pypi.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-ifc5d-pypi.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b626316267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-ifc5d-pypi.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: ci-ifc5d-pypi
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  activate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: |
+      github.repository == 'IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell'
+    steps:
+    - name: Set env
+      run: echo ok go
+
+  build:
+    needs: activate
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2 # https://github.com/actions/setup-python
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11' # Version range or exact version of a Python version to use, using SemVer's version range syntax
+      - name: Compile
+        run: |
+          pip install build
+          cd src/ifc5d &&
+          make dist
+      - name: Publish a Python distribution to PyPI
+        uses: ortega2247/pypi-upload-action@master
+        with:
+          user: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+          packages_dir: src/ifc5d/dist
diff --git a/src/ifc5d/Makefile b/src/ifc5d/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ae5d28733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ifc5d/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Ifc5D - IFC costing utility
+# Copyright (C) 2020-2024 Dion Moult <dion@thinkmoult.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ifc5D.
+#
+# Ifc5D is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ifc5D is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with Ifc5D.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+VERSION:=$(shell cat ../../VERSION)
+SED:=sed -i
+ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
+SED:=sed -i '' -e
+endif
+
+.PHONY: qa
+qa:
+	black .
+
+.PHONY: dist
+dist:
+	rm -rf dist
+	cp pyproject.toml pyproject.toml.bak
+	cp ifc5d/__init__.py __init__.py.bak
+	$(SED) 's/version = "0.0.0"/version = "$(VERSION)"/' pyproject.toml
+	$(SED) 's/version = "0.0.0"/version = "$(VERSION)"/' ifc5d/__init__.py
+	python -m build
+	mv pyproject.toml.bak pyproject.toml
+	mv __init__.py.bak ifc5d/__init__.py
diff --git a/src/ifc5d/ifc5d/__init__.py b/src/ifc5d/ifc5d/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfeea274e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ifc5d/ifc5d/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Ifc5D - IFC costing utility
+# Copyright (C) 2020-2024 Dion Moult <dion@thinkmoult.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ifc5D.
+#
+# Ifc5D is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ifc5D is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with Ifc5D.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+__version__ = version = "0.0.0"
diff --git a/src/ifc5d/pyproject.toml b/src/ifc5d/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55aaf9e6de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ifc5d/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "ifc5d"
+version = "0.0.0"
+authors = [
+  { name="Dion Moult", email="dion@thinkmoult.com" },
+]
+description = "IFC 5D costing library for quantity take-off and schedule production"
+readme = "README.md"
+keywords = ["IFC", "5D", "BIM"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later (LGPLv3+)",
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "ifcopenshell",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "http://ifcopenshell.org"
+Documentation = "https://docs.ifcopenshell.org"
+Issues = "https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell/issues"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["ifc5d"]
+exclude = ["test*"]
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/docs/ifc5d.rst b/src/ifcopenshell-python/docs/ifc5d.rst
index 966c9262d6..4c02ede4fd 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/docs/ifc5d.rst
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/docs/ifc5d.rst
@@ -3,3 +3,10 @@ Ifc5D
 
 Ifc5D is a collection of utilities of manipulating cost-related data to and
 from formats, reports, and optimisation engines.
+
+PyPI
+----
+
+.. code-block::
+
+    pip install ifc5d