diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..16034813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include requirements.txt
+recursive-include fpakman/resources *
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 11e66c5e..b4119ba7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ setup(
     url=URL,
     packages=find_packages(),
     package_data={"fpakman": ["resources/locale/*", "resources/img/*"]},
-    data_files=[('', ['requirements.txt'])],
     install_requires=requirements,
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [