diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/setup.py b/Lib/idlelib/setup.py
index 73f3a810c18..ba27bed9053 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/setup.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 idlelib = "idlelib"
 
 # the normal build_py would not incorporate the .txt files
-txt_files = ['config-unix.txt','config-win.txt','config.txt']
+txt_files = ['config-unix.txt','config-win.txt','config.txt', 'help.txt']
 Icons = glob.glob1("Icons","*.gif")
 class idle_build_py(build_py):
     def get_plain_outfile(self, build_dir, package, file):