diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b2f6e0a..67e197d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /build
+/dist
 /setools.egg-info
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a11a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+include data/*
+include libqpol/*.h
+include libqpol/*.l
+include libqpol/*.y
+include libqpol/libqpol.map
+include libqpol/include/qpol/*.h
+include tests/*.conf
+include tests/*.py
+include tests/perm_map