diff --git a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-impala/MANIFEST.in b/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-impala/MANIFEST.in
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+global-include *.sql
+
+# this only work for source distribution (setup.py sdist) and not for binary distribution (bdist)
+# https://packaging.python.org/guides/using-manifest-in/