diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 05ff5bd1a..1423168b5 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ include THANKS
 include requirements_dev.txt
 include requirements_test.txt
 include tox.ini
+include .pylintrc
 recursive-include tests *
 recursive-include examples *
 recursive-include docs *