diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06ca1bfc24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include LICENSE
+include README.md
+recursive-include avatar2/plugins/gdb *.xml
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b1bf053c36..733d6de200 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
         'pylink-square',
         'pyusb',
     ],
+    include_package_data=True,
     url='https://github.com/avatartwo/avatar2',
     description='A Dynamic Multi-Target Orchestration Framework',
     maintainer='Marius Muench',