diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index aa43fdf..aaa0adf 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 recursive-include wordfreq/data *.gz
 include README.md
+include MIT-LICENSE.txt
 recursive-include wordfreq/data *.txt
 recursive-include wordfreq/data *.bin
 recursive-include wordfreq/data *.def