diff --git a/.github/actions/pkg-check/action.yml b/.github/actions/pkg-check/action.yml
index 26ae8ddc88..bfd1602e69 100644
--- a/.github/actions/pkg-check/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/pkg-check/action.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ inputs:
   pkg-name:
     description: package name inside lightning.*
     required: true
+  nb-dirs:
+    description: nb of packages in the wrap/distribution
+    required: false
+    default: "1"
 
 runs:
   using: "composite"
@@ -54,7 +58,7 @@ runs:
       # list folders without ending .egg-info
       dirs = [d for d in glob.glob(os.path.join("*", "src", "*")) if not d.endswith(".egg-info")]
       print(dirs)
-      assert len(dirs) == 1
+      assert len(dirs) == ${{ inputs.nb-dirs }}
       # cleaning
       shutil.rmtree(pathlib.Path(dirs[0]).parent.parent)
     shell: python
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pkg-install.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pkg-install.yml
index 6eedad2539..7a83cd46ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pkg-install.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pkg-install.yml
@@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ jobs:
           path: pypi
       - run: ls -lh pypi/
 
+      - run: python -c "print('NB_DIRS=' + str(2 if '${{ matrix.pkg }}' == 'pytorch' else 1))" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - uses: ./.github/actions/pkg-check
         with:
           pkg-name: ${{ matrix.pkg }}
+          nb-dirs: ${{ env.NB_DIRS }}
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
diff --git a/src/pytorch_lightning/__setup__.py b/src/pytorch_lightning/__setup__.py
index 8fd93c77ee..8085574a5d 100644
--- a/src/pytorch_lightning/__setup__.py
+++ b/src/pytorch_lightning/__setup__.py
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ def _adjust_manifest(**__: Any) -> None:
     lines += [
         "recursive-exclude src *.md" + os.linesep,
         "recursive-exclude requirements *.txt" + os.linesep,
+        # TODO: remove after the first standalone Lite release
+        "recursive-include requirements/lite *.txt" + os.linesep,
+        # TODO: remove after the first standalone Lite release
+        "recursive-include src/lightning_lite *.md" + os.linesep,
         "recursive-include src/pytorch_lightning *.md" + os.linesep,
         "recursive-include requirements/pytorch *.txt" + os.linesep,
         "include src/pytorch_lightning/py.typed" + os.linesep,  # marker file for PEP 561
@@ -78,7 +82,15 @@ def _setup_args(**__: Any) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         url=_about.__homepage__,
         download_url="https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning",
         license=_about.__license__,
-        packages=find_packages(where="src", include=["pytorch_lightning", "pytorch_lightning.*"]),
+        packages=find_packages(
+            where="src",
+            include=[
+                "pytorch_lightning",
+                "pytorch_lightning.*",
+                "lightning_lite",  # TODO: remove after the first standalone Lite release
+                "lightning_lite.*",  # TODO: remove after the first standalone Lite release
+            ],
+        ),
         package_dir={"": "src"},
         include_package_data=True,
         long_description=_long_description,