diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index dbe3951ce..b092be471 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 include LICENSE.txt README.md
 include qiskit_ibm_runtime/VERSION.txt
+recursive-include qiskit_ibm_runtime/fake_provider/backends *.json
 recursive-include test *.py