diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bec8496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# file GENERATED by distutils, do NOT edit
+include setup.py
+include lm/*.cc
+include lm/*.hh
+include python/*.cpp
+include util/*.cc
+include util/*.hh
+include util/double-conversion/*.cc
+include util/double-conversion/*.h
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ee061a8..676a889 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-from distutils.core import setup
-from distutils.extension import Extension
+from setuptools import setup, Extension
 import glob
 import platform
 import os
@@ -44,5 +43,6 @@ ext_modules = [
 
 setup(
     name='kenlm',
-    ext_modules=ext_modules
+    ext_modules=ext_modules,
+    include_package_data=True,
 )