diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index da083cf52befe44242856934804e786c50ece8e3..8d256aa5f49c3fdb1a410391f46dc677113c532f 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 include README.md
 include COPYING.txt
 include AUTHORS.txt
+include CONTRIBUTING.md
 global-include *.pyx
 include versioneer.py
 include lbmpy/_version.py