diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 324ec4de..2a760168 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-include README INSTALL COPYING TODO ChangeLog
+include MANIFEST.in README INSTALL COPYING TODO ChangeLog
 include config/linkchecker-completion config/create.sql
 include config/linkcheckerrc config/logging.conf config/pycheckrc
 include config/reindent.py install-linkchecker.py install-rpm.sh