diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8552ddc..842a6f5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 *.tags*
 *.wpr
 *.wpu
-*MANIFEST*
 *project
 *workspace
 *~
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d1f5b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+include LICENSE
+include *.rst
+include *.md
+exclude MANIFEST.in
+recursive-exclude static *
+recursive-exclude docs *
+recursive-include src/senaite/storage *
+recursive-exclude src/senaite/storage *.pyc
+recursive-exclude src/senaite/storage/locales/.tx *