diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 24c6ff975..38af9df29 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def read_requirements(req="base.txt"):
     url="https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model",
     license="Apache License 2.0",
     # Exclude all but the code folders
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=("tests", "docs", "examples", "versions")),
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=("tests", "tests.*", "docs", "examples", "versions")),
     install_requires=read_requirements("base.txt"),
     include_package_data=True,
     extras_require={"dev": read_requirements("dev.txt")},