diff --git a/IPython/frontend/cocoa/plugin/FrontendLoader.py b/IPython/frontend/cocoa/plugin/FrontendLoader.py
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+# encoding: utf-8
+"""
+Provides a namespace for loading the Cocoa frontend via a Cocoa plugin.
+
+Author: Barry Wark
+"""
+__docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Copyright (C) 2008  The IPython Development Team
+#
+#  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
+#  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from Foundation import NSObject
+from IPython.frontend.cocoa.cocoa_frontend import IPythonCocoaController
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diff --git a/IPython/frontend/cocoa/plugin/Makefile b/IPython/frontend/cocoa/plugin/Makefile
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+include ./plugins.mk
+
+all : dist/IPythonCocoaController.plugin
+
+dist/IPythonCocoaController.plugin : ./FrontendLoader.py ./setup.py
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diff --git a/IPython/frontend/cocoa/plugin/plugins.mk b/IPython/frontend/cocoa/plugin/plugins.mk
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+%.plugin::
+	mkdir -p plugin
+	rm -rf dist/$(notdir $@)
+	rm -rf build dist && \
+	python setup.py py2app -s
+
+%.py:
+	@echo "test -f $@"
+	@test -f %@
+
+%.nib:
+	@echo "test -f $@"
+	@test -f %@
+
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := all
+
+.PHONY : all clean
+
+clean :
+	rm -rf build dist
+
+
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/cocoa/plugin/setup.py b/IPython/frontend/cocoa/plugin/setup.py
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+# encoding: utf-8
+"""
+setup.py
+
+Setuptools installer script for generating a Cocoa plugin for the 
+IPython cocoa frontend
+
+Author: Barry Wark
+"""
+__docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Copyright (C) 2008  The IPython Development Team
+#
+#  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
+#  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from setuptools import setup
+
+infoPlist = dict(
+	CFBundleDevelopmentRegion='English',
+	CFBundleIdentifier='org.scipy.ipython.cocoa_frontend',
+	NSPrincipalClass='IPythonCocoaController',
+)
+
+setup(
+	plugin=['FrontendLoader.py'],
+    setup_requires=['py2app'],
+	options=dict(py2app=dict(
+		plist=infoPlist,
+		excludes=['IPython']
+	)),
+)
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