diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4a13dc..7447d3a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ There are a few important things to note here:
   > **Important Note:** VuES6 uses `Object.getOwnPropertyNames` to determine the methods to bind to the Vue.js component. Thus, inherited methods are not supported at this time.
 
 - Class methods beginning with `watch_`  will not be made available as normal methods, but are instead watchers. In this example `watch_message()` defines a watcher on the `message` field.
-- There is no `data()` function. If you need to compute starting values, use the constructor.
+- There is no `data()` function, however the Vue lifecycle functions can be hooked into by implementing the following methods on your class:
+    - `vue_on_create`
+    - `vue_on_update`
+    - `vue_on_mount`
+    - `vue_on_destroy`
 
 This is the equivalent of writing this:
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8a0562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "name": "vues6",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "Use ES6 classes to define Vue.js components - without TypeScript!",
+  "main": "vues6.js",
+  "repository": "https://git.garrettmills.dev/garrettmills/vues6",
+  "author": "Garrett Mills <garrett@glmdev.tech>",
+  "license": "MIT"
+}
diff --git a/vues6.js b/vues6.js
index 1031880..a136cdf 100644
--- a/vues6.js
+++ b/vues6.js
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@ export default class VuES6Loader {
 				watch,
 				methods,
 				template: ComponentClass.template,
+				created: function() {
+					if ( typeof this.vue_on_create === 'function' ) this.vue_on_create()
+				},
+				updated: function() {
+					if ( typeof this.vue_on_update === 'function' ) this.vue_on_update()
+				},
+				mounted: function() {
+					if ( typeof this.vue_on_mount === 'function' ) this.vue_on_mount()
+				},
+				destroyed: function() {
+					if ( typeof this.vue_on_destroy === 'function' ) this.vue_on_destroy()
+				},
 			})
 		}
 	}
@@ -41,5 +53,9 @@ export class Component {
 	static get selector() { return '' }
 	static get template() { return '' }
 	static get props() { return [] }
-}
 
+	vue_on_create() {}
+	vue_on_update() {}
+	vue_on_mount() {}
+	vue_on_destroy() {}
+}