diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fef0942559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+recursive-include airflow/www/templates *
+recursive-include airflow/www/static *
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8c06ba9ee6..e47c3709ad 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ setup(
     version='0.1',
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
+    zip_safe=False,
     scripts=['airflow/bin/airflow'],
     install_requires=reqs,
     author='Maxime Beauchemin',