diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddf1d89ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+=======================
+Contributing to FeinCMS
+=======================
+
+Submission guidelines
+=====================
+
+If you are creating a pull request, fork the repository and make any changes
+in your own feature branch.
+
+Write and run tests.
+
+
+Code of Conduct
+===============
+
+This project adheres to the
+`Open Code of Conduct <http://todogroup.org/opencodeofconduct/#FeinCMS/dev@feinheit.ch>`_.
+By participating, you are expected to honor this code.
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include AUTHORS
+include CONTRIBUTING.rst
 include LICENSE
 include MANIFEST.in
 include README.rst