diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index e69de29b..29c06765 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
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+include README.rst
+include AUTHORS HACKING LICENSE
+include ChangeLog
+include run_tests.sh tox.ini
+recursive-include doc *
+recursive-include tests *
+recursive-include tools *