diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1aba38f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include LICENSE
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 70bb831a..e6c52b91 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     author_email="dreiss@fb.com",
     maintainer="Siddharth Agarwal",
     maintainer_email="sid0@fb.com",
+    include_package_data=True,  # Include files listed in MANIFEST.in
     py_modules = ["re2"],
     test_suite = "tests",
     ext_modules = [Extension("_re2",