diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0faecabf8ff1d55b19faef0bbe6bdc06845240eb..ca630938d8e9fdba80b293d96682bd19afb55943 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ### Python artifacts
 *.pyc
 *.egg-info
+dist/
 
 ### Editor and IDE artifacts
 *~
@@ -17,4 +18,4 @@ codekit-config.json
 var/
 
 # virtualenvironment
-venv/
\ No newline at end of file
+venv/
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f5b3dc21905c9429618deeca0df14f4435f20e5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include requirements/base.in
+include NOTICE
+include LICENSE