diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 7073fb6d2..eb921d437 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ include LICENSE CHANGELOG CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTING.md README.rst
 graft examples
 graft test
 prune test/tools
+prune docs
 graft libmproxy
 recursive-exclude * *.pyc *.pyo *.swo *.swp