diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f9bd1455b374de796e12d240c1211dee9829d97e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include requirements.txt
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 505b4f7f0817d7a0e2f0a778691e07cafac91a41..d545db1653c99b6f2a220cfad076d821fe49e748 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ setup(
     author_email='nils.brueggemann@mpimet.mpg.de',
     install_requires=install_requires,
     packages=find_packages(),
+    include_package_data=True,
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [
             'pyic_intake = scripts.pyic_intake:main',