diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82301549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include ./_manifest/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 20b0fbdc..373e221e 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -50,17 +50,16 @@ stages:
         pip install pytest pytest-azurepipelines
         pytest
       displayName: 'pytest'
-
-    - script: |
-        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-      workingDirectory: $(baseFolder) 
-      displayName: 'Building'
     - task: ManifestGeneratorTask@0
       displayName: "SBOM Generation Task"
       inputs:
           BuildComponentPath: '$(baseFolder)'
-          BuildDropPath: dist
+          BuildDropPath: $(baseFolder)
           Verbosity: "Information"
+    - script: |
+        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+      workingDirectory: $(baseFolder) 
+      displayName: 'Building'
     - task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
       displayName: 'Publish Artifact: dist'
       inputs:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 705d2dd5..5ca6e6b2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
-import glob
 
+from glob import glob
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from distutils.command import build
 
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ def run(self, *args, **kwargs):
         'pytest-asyncio==0.10.0'
     ],
     include_package_data=True,
+    data_files= [
+        ('_manifest', list(filter(os.path.isfile, glob('_manifest/**/*', recursive=True)))),
+    ],
     cmdclass={
         'build': BuildModule
     },