setup.bdist_wheel_mixed.py

from setuptools import setup, find_packages
from setuptools import Extension
from setuptools.command.install import install
from setuptools import Command
from setuptools.dist import Distribution
from wheel.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel

class BinaryDistribution(Distribution):
    def is_pure(self):
        return False
        
## allows the python package to still be zip imported
class bdist_wheel_mixed(bdist_wheel):
    def finalize_options(self):
        bdist_wheel.finalize_options(self)
        self.root_is_purelib = True
    def get_tag(self):
        tag = bdist_wheel.get_tag(bdist_wheel(BinaryDistribution(attrs=dict(
            name=self.distribution.get_name(),
            version=self.distribution.get_version()))))
        return tag

import package
setup(    
    name = 'package',
    version = package.__version_string__, # + '_' + build,
    description = 'description',
    packages = find_packages(),
    cmdclass = {
        'bdist_wheel_mixed': bdist_wheel_mixed,
    },
    entry_points={
        'console_scripts': [
            'script         = package.tools.script:__main__',
        ]
    },
    include_package_data=True,
    package_data={
        'package' : list_of_binaries,
    },
    data_files=[
        (script_dir, exe_files),
    ],
    install_requires=[
    ],
    distclass = BinaryDistribution,
    zip_safe=True,
)