diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6cb6697..ae33f92 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ build/
 *.pyc
 dist/
 nilmrun.egg-info/
+.eggs/
 
 # This gets generated as needed by setup.py
-MANIFEST.in
 MANIFEST
 
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..934391a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Root
+include README.md
+include setup.py
+include versioneer.py
+include Makefile
+
+# Version
+include nilmrun/_version.py
\ No newline at end of file