diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index e7eabe959..7987fd90f 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 recursive-include include *.h
-recursive-include *.txt
+recursive-include include *.txt
 include LICENSE
 include README.md
 include pyproject.toml