diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 739eaea22ed54cef15502fcce47ffc9c90e6757a..1c04d388400f9a69c1b07a5f6c2e706f3d673b69 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 recursive-include unshare
+include VERSION
+include README.rst
 exclude .pre-commit-config.yaml Makefile Vagrantfile