diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c41afdcf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include LICENSE
+include README.md
+include config.json.example
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0d8675d96..3cd1b3570 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ setup(name='freqtrade',
       license='GPLv3',
       packages=['freqtrade'],
       scripts=['bin/freqtrade'],
+      include_package_data=True,
       zip_safe=False)