diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index c3b81f6a29783a888e2f0907d238322413ff24ea..87d93618bc508b87552b5cd80a1c0abb4f62d5be 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 include tox.ini
 include LICENSE
+include README.rst
 
 # libsodium files
 recursive-include src/libsodium *