diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 10800e13c..cb12fb218 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -117,3 +117,6 @@ core.*
 
 # Editor specific
 .vscode
+
+# Compiled Cython
+src/snowflake/connector/arrow_iterator.cpp
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 9f8cf4cee..4bc7c43cc 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -65,3 +65,7 @@ repos:
       - id: flake8
         additional_dependencies:
           - flake8-bugbear == 20.11.1
+-   repo: https://github.com/mgedmin/check-manifest
+    rev: "0.47"
+    hooks:
+    -   id: check-manifest
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 171502207..874058246 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 include *.md
+include *.rst
 include LICENSE.txt
 include NOTICE
 include pyproject.toml
 recursive-include src/snowflake/connector py.typed *.py *.pyx
+recursive-include src/snowflake/connector/vendored LICENSE*
+
 recursive-include src/snowflake/connector/cpp *.cpp *.hpp
+exclude src/snowflake/connector/arrow_iterator.cpp
+
+exclude .git-blame-ignore-revs
+exclude .pre-commit-config.yaml
+exclude license_header.txt
+exclude tox.ini
+
+prune ci
+prune benchmark
+prune test
+prune tested_requirements
+prune src/snowflake/connector/cpp/scripts
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index efdfeed31..76554cf37 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -226,14 +226,7 @@ def _get_arrow_lib_as_linker_input(self):
     package_dir={
         "": "src",
     },
-    package_data={
-        "snowflake.connector": [
-            "*.md",
-            "LICENSE.txt",
-            "NOTICE",
-            "src/snowflake/connector/py.typed",
-        ],
-    },
+    include_package_data=True,
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [
             "snowflake-dump-ocsp-response = "