diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 739f6a558c2b50e2e99de30d1dbe13443bbfae8f..7d00d49bf83667786298d4f21043f2a865140bde 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Usage
 Pretty simple, just do something like::
 
   import bob
-  import flandmark
+  from xbob import flandmark
 
   video = bob.io.VideoReader('myvideo.avi')
   localize = flandmark.Localizer()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c69357db3d82854f0b61f25d66b14bc3c0f751fc..3ba83af15897a3bb0a3f111a33f8fd02e1b5f22b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ setup(
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=False,
 
+    namespace_packages=[
+      "xbob",
+      ],
+
     install_requires=[
       'setuptools',
       'bob',
@@ -112,16 +116,16 @@ setup(
 
     entry_points = {
       'console_scripts': [
-        'annotate.py = flandmark.script.annotate:main',
+        'annotate.py = xbob.flandmark.script.annotate:main',
         ],
       },
 
     ext_modules=[
-      setup_bob_extension("flandmark._flandmark",
+      setup_bob_extension("xbob.flandmark._flandmark",
         [
-          "flandmark/ext/flandmark_detector.cpp",
-          "flandmark/ext/liblbp.cpp",
-          "flandmark/ext/ext.cpp",
+          "xbob/flandmark/ext/flandmark_detector.cpp",
+          "xbob/flandmark/ext/liblbp.cpp",
+          "xbob/flandmark/ext/ext.cpp",
         ])
       ],
 
diff --git a/xbob/__init__.py b/xbob/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..60381ea9b78a067c402bf65368cc63241b0d7456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xbob/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#see http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools#namespace-packages
+__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
diff --git a/flandmark/__init__.py b/xbob/flandmark/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from flandmark/__init__.py
rename to xbob/flandmark/__init__.py
diff --git a/flandmark/ext/ext.cpp b/xbob/flandmark/ext/ext.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from flandmark/ext/ext.cpp
rename to xbob/flandmark/ext/ext.cpp
diff --git a/flandmark/ext/flandmark_detector.cpp b/xbob/flandmark/ext/flandmark_detector.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from flandmark/ext/flandmark_detector.cpp
rename to xbob/flandmark/ext/flandmark_detector.cpp
diff --git a/flandmark/ext/flandmark_detector.h b/xbob/flandmark/ext/flandmark_detector.h
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rename from flandmark/ext/flandmark_detector.h
rename to xbob/flandmark/ext/flandmark_detector.h
diff --git a/flandmark/ext/liblbp.cpp b/xbob/flandmark/ext/liblbp.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from flandmark/ext/liblbp.cpp
rename to xbob/flandmark/ext/liblbp.cpp
diff --git a/flandmark/ext/liblbp.h b/xbob/flandmark/ext/liblbp.h
similarity index 100%
rename from flandmark/ext/liblbp.h
rename to xbob/flandmark/ext/liblbp.h
diff --git a/flandmark/flandmark_model.dat b/xbob/flandmark/flandmark_model.dat
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rename from flandmark/flandmark_model.dat
rename to xbob/flandmark/flandmark_model.dat
diff --git a/flandmark/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml b/xbob/flandmark/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from flandmark/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml
rename to xbob/flandmark/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml
diff --git a/flandmark/haarcascade_frontalface_alt2.xml b/xbob/flandmark/haarcascade_frontalface_alt2.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from flandmark/haarcascade_frontalface_alt2.xml
rename to xbob/flandmark/haarcascade_frontalface_alt2.xml
diff --git a/flandmark/script/__init__.py b/xbob/flandmark/script/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from flandmark/script/__init__.py
rename to xbob/flandmark/script/__init__.py
diff --git a/flandmark/script/annotate.py b/xbob/flandmark/script/annotate.py
similarity index 100%
rename from flandmark/script/annotate.py
rename to xbob/flandmark/script/annotate.py
diff --git a/flandmark/test.py b/xbob/flandmark/test.py
similarity index 100%
rename from flandmark/test.py
rename to xbob/flandmark/test.py
diff --git a/flandmark/version.py b/xbob/flandmark/version.py
similarity index 100%
rename from flandmark/version.py
rename to xbob/flandmark/version.py