diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 9b716dc42535c58229f0bd69b42cb3191cf943c5..5497efa7e9c1adab9325f7f29c9341b4df9126c2 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 include *.txt
 include *.rst
 
+recursive-include data *
 recursive-include rattail/data *