diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 7c77109..06882da 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 include LICENSE.txt
 include CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+include avatar/media/avatar/img/default.jpg
 recursive-include docs *
 recursive-include avatar/templates/avatar *.html
 recursive-include avatar/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES *.mo *.po
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 454a0ca..a0d48cb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ setup(
         'avatar': [
             'templates/avatar/*.html',
             'locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*',
+            'media/avatar/img/default.jpg'
         ],
     },
     include_package_data=True,