diff --git a/cheat b/cheat
index b6d122b..3e537bb 100755
--- a/cheat
+++ b/cheat
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+
 import os
+import pkg_resources
 import sys
 
 # assembles a list of directories containing cheatsheets
 def cheat_directories():
     paths = [os.path.expanduser('~/.cheat')]
+    try:
+      paths.append(pkg_resources.resource_filename('cheatlib', 'cheatsheets'))
+    except ImportError:
+      pass # cheatlib was not installed
     paths.extend(os.environ.get('CHEATPATH', '').split(os.pathsep))
     return [path for path in paths if os.path.isdir(path)]
 
diff --git a/cheatlib/__init__.py b/cheatlib/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/cheatsheets/apt-cache b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/apt-cache
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/apt-cache
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/apt-cache
diff --git a/cheatsheets/asterisk b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/asterisk
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/asterisk
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/asterisk
diff --git a/cheatsheets/bash b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/bash
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/bash
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/bash
diff --git a/cheatsheets/convert b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/convert
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/convert
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/convert
diff --git a/cheatsheets/cut b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/cut
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/cut
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/cut
diff --git a/cheatsheets/dhclient b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/dhclient
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/dhclient
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/dhclient
diff --git a/cheatsheets/find b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/find
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/find
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/find
diff --git a/cheatsheets/git b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/git
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/git
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/git
diff --git a/cheatsheets/ln b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/ln
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/ln
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/ln
diff --git a/cheatsheets/mysqldump b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/mysqldump
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/mysqldump
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/mysqldump
diff --git a/cheatsheets/netstat b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/netstat
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/netstat
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/netstat
diff --git a/cheatsheets/nmap b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/nmap
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/nmap
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/nmap
diff --git a/cheatsheets/notify-send b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/notify-send
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/notify-send
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/notify-send
diff --git a/cheatsheets/openssl b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/openssl
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/openssl
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/openssl
diff --git a/cheatsheets/scp b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/scp
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/scp
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/scp
diff --git a/cheatsheets/sed b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/sed
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/sed
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/sed
diff --git a/cheatsheets/shred b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/shred
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/shred
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/shred
diff --git a/cheatsheets/sockstat b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/sockstat
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/sockstat
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/sockstat
diff --git a/cheatsheets/split b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/split
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/split
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/split
diff --git a/cheatsheets/ssh b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/ssh
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/ssh
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/ssh
diff --git a/cheatsheets/ssh-copy-id b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/ssh-copy-id
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/ssh-copy-id
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/ssh-copy-id
diff --git a/cheatsheets/ssh-keygen b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/ssh-keygen
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/ssh-keygen
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/ssh-keygen
diff --git a/cheatsheets/stdout b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/stdout
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/stdout
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/stdout
diff --git a/cheatsheets/tar b/cheatlib/cheatsheets/tar
similarity index 100%
rename from cheatsheets/tar
rename to cheatlib/cheatsheets/tar
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index af240f9..dd459b0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ setup(name='cheat',
       author='Chris Lane',
       author_email='chris@chris-allen-lane.com',
       url='https://github.com/chrisallenlane/cheat',
-      packages=['cheatsheets'],
-      package_data={'cheatsheets': [f for f in os.listdir('cheatsheets')
-                                    if '.' not in f]},
-      scripts=['cheat']
+      packages=['cheatlib'],
+      package_data={'cheatlib': ['cheatsheets/*']},
+      scripts=['cheat'],
      )