diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index b2e6b2ad1..b8116cada 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 include etc/qibuild.sh
 include README.rst
+include COPYING
 include doc/source/man/*.rst
 recursive-include python/qisrc/templates *
 recursive-include cmake/qibuild *