diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4678773..bb3c18d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ htmlcov/
 include/
 lib/
 
-
+MANIFEST
+dist/
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..851ca6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+include README.rst
+include LICENSE
+include DOCS.rst
+include CHANGES.rst
+