diff --git a/apptax/app.py b/apptax/app.py
index e8219575..e8262958 100644
--- a/apptax/app.py
+++ b/apptax/app.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import logging
 from pkg_resources import iter_entry_points
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from flask import Flask, current_app
 from flask_cors import CORS
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ def create_app():
     app.wsgi_app = ProxyFix(app.wsgi_app, x_host=1)
 
     db.init_app(app)
-    migrate.init_app(app, db, directory="apptax/migrations")
+    migrate.init_app(app, db, directory=Path(__file__).absolute().parent / "migrations")
     CORS(app, supports_credentials=True)
 
     app.config["DB"] = db
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f61a8bfb..7a1c43b0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(where=".", include=["apptax*"]),
     package_data={
         "apptax": ["templates/*.html"],
-        "apptax.migrations": ["data/*.sql"],
+        "apptax.migrations": ["alembic.ini", "script.py.mako", "data/*.sql"],
         "apptax.taxonomie.commands.migrate_to_v15": ["data/*.sql"],
     },
     install_requires=(