diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index e3762ce..7afa323 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 include AUTHORS CHANGES README LICENSE HACKING
+include README.rst
 recursive-include examples *
 recursive-include tests *
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e2ad0d9..bdb13ec 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ setup(name='dpkt',
       url=dpkt.__url__,
       description='dumb packet module',
       long_description = readme,
-      packages=[ 'dpkt' ])
+      packages=[ 'dpkt' ]
+    )