diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 8c11b809e..5ce43ec78 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 include COPYING AUTHORS CHANGELOG.md requirements*.txt
 include tox.ini
 recursive-include tests *
-recursive-include docs *j2 *.py *.rst api/*.rst Makefile make.bat
+recursive-include docs *j2 *.md *.py *.rst api/*.rst Makefile make.bat