diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 7b5d93e902e936b2e590356f43e67bec6db58dce..d77ebec03d5b32da0cbc1e086fc15d08535d7e60 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 
+include *.txt
 include *.rst