removed ebin from gitignore, so the .app gets checked in
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 11c4c20..69211a7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 *.beam
-ebin
+ebin/*.beam
 _build/
 lib/bcrypt/bcrypt
 
diff --git a/ebin/bcrypt.app b/ebin/bcrypt.app
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d200eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebin/bcrypt.app
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+%%% This is the application resource file (.app file) for the bcrypt
+%%% application.
+{application, bcrypt,
+  [{description, "An Erlang wrapper for the OpenBSD password scheme, bcrypt."},
+   {vsn, "0.2.0"},
+   {modules, [bcrypt]},
+   {registered, [bcrypt]},
+   {env, []},
+   {applications, [kernel, stdlib, sasl, crypto]},
+   {mod, {bcrypt, []}}
+  ]
+}.