diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 9f7724aebad6..42988e438f45 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ prune benchmarks/html
 prune benchmarks/scipy
 prune scipy/special/tests/data/boost
 prune scipy/special/tests/data/gsl
+prune scipy/special/tests/data/local
 prune doc/build
 prune doc/source/generated
 prune */__pycache__