diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index ed8619b2e..3e45a566e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 graft python
+include README.md
 global-include *.py *.cc *.h *.cu CMakeLists.txt *.cmake
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 10f982799..660e9d24e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 setup(
     name="dyNET",
-    #version="0.0.0",
+    version="1.1.0",
     install_requires=["cython", "numpy"],
     description="The Dynamic Neural Network Toolkit",
     long_description=long_description,