diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 7b0fc846b3..9092355f53 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 include README.rst LICENSE HISTORY.rst
-recursive-include mayan *.txt *.html *.css *.ico *.png *.jpg *.js
-recursive-exclude settings_local.* mayan.sqlite* db.sqlite* gpg_home document_storage image_cache
+recursive-include mayan README *.txt *.html *.css *.ico *.png *.jpg *.js
+global-exclude settings_local.* mayan.sqlite* db.sqlite* gpg_home document_storage image_cache