diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d397f97..aae4865 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 /build
 /dist
 /.achievements
+/MANIFEST
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5402ffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+include MANIFEST.in
+include COPYING doc/*.1 doc/*.txt
+include Makefile *.bat *.bash-completion
+recursive-include tests *.py