diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 682e4ccc9..e3ccff98e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
   environment variable was not set.
 * Fixed removal of albums (beet remove -a): previously, the album
   record would stay around although the items were deleted.
+* The setup script now makes a beet.exe startup stub on Windows; 
+  Windows users can now just type "beet" at the prompt to run beets.
 
 1.0b3
 -----
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b97cea822..9bf809296 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ setup(name='beets',
           'beetsplug.bpd',
       ],
       namespace_packages=['beetsplug'],
-      scripts=['beet'],
+      entry_points={
+          'console_scripts': [
+              'beet = beets.ui:main',
+          ],
+      },
 
       install_requires=[
           'mutagen',