diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 456775f..a340dfa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1.13.dev1
+-------------------------
+
+- release as wheel
+
 1.12
 -------------------------
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a9acf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[bdist_wheel]
+universal = 1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5d49246..0677799 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
     name="pytest-xdist",
-    version='1.12',
+    version='1.13.dev1',
     description='py.test xdist plugin for distributed testing and loop-on-failing modes',
     long_description=open('README.txt').read(),
     license='MIT',
diff --git a/xdist/__init__.py b/xdist/__init__.py
index 63c50fa..c3d999b 100644
--- a/xdist/__init__.py
+++ b/xdist/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #
-__version__ = '1.12'
+__version__ = '1.13.dev1'