diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index ff301d6837b1c0023b2a89ffb9839eac0a4e9db3..f32d4f3d17079502cccd556699d845504908e52a 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 include README.md
 include COPYING.txt
+include RELEASE-VERSION