diff --git a/python/packager/MANIFEST.in b/python/packager/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4f805739f87a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/packager/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include packager/schema/*.json
diff --git a/python/packager/setup.py b/python/packager/setup.py
index 3db590026dd3..10985fdc6570 100644
--- a/python/packager/setup.py
+++ b/python/packager/setup.py
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@
         ]
     },
     install_requires=['jsonschema>=2.3.0'],
+    include_package_data=True,
 )