diff --git a/packages/markitdown-mcp/pyproject.toml b/packages/markitdown-mcp/pyproject.toml
index b83f003..76e89b9 100644
--- a/packages/markitdown-mcp/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/markitdown-mcp/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-  "markitdown~=0.1.0",
+  "mcp",
+  "markitdown[all]>=0.1.1,<0.2.0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ Source = "https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown"
 [tool.hatch.version]
 path = "src/markitdown_mcp/__about__.py"
 
+[project.scripts]
+markitdown-mcp = "markitdown_mcp.__main__:main"
+
 [tool.hatch.envs.types]
 extra-dependencies = [
   "mypy>=1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/markitdown-mcp/src/markitdown_mcp/__main__.py b/packages/markitdown-mcp/src/markitdown_mcp/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99f6f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/markitdown-mcp/src/markitdown_mcp/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+from typing import Any
+from mcp.server.fastmcp import FastMCP
+from starlette.applications import Starlette
+from mcp.server.sse import SseServerTransport
+from starlette.requests import Request
+from starlette.routing import Mount, Route
+from mcp.server import Server
+from markitdown import MarkItDown
+import uvicorn
+
+# Initialize FastMCP server for MarkItDown (SSE)
+mcp = FastMCP("markitdown")
+
+
+@mcp.tool()
+async def convert_to_markdown(uri: str) -> str:
+    """Convert a resource described by an http:, https:, file: or data: URI to markdown"""
+    return MarkItDown().convert_uri(uri).markdown
+
+
+def create_starlette_app(mcp_server: Server, *, debug: bool = False) -> Starlette:
+    sse = SseServerTransport("/messages/")
+
+    async def handle_sse(request: Request) -> None:
+        async with sse.connect_sse(
+            request.scope,
+            request.receive,
+            request._send,
+        ) as (read_stream, write_stream):
+            await mcp_server.run(
+                read_stream,
+                write_stream,
+                mcp_server.create_initialization_options(),
+            )
+
+    return Starlette(
+        debug=debug,
+        routes=[
+            Route("/sse", endpoint=handle_sse),
+            Mount("/messages/", app=sse.handle_post_message),
+        ],
+    )
+
+
+# Main entry point
+def main():
+    import argparse
+
+    mcp_server = mcp._mcp_server
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Run MCP SSE-based MarkItDown server")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--host", default="127.0.0.1", help="Host to bind to (default: 127.0.0.1)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--port", type=int, default=3001, help="Port to listen on (default: 3001)"
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    starlette_app = create_starlette_app(mcp_server, debug=True)
+    uvicorn.run(starlette_app, host=args.host, port=args.port)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()