diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index b4e5557..913e8f0 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -11,3 +11,15 @@ recursive-include pagure-logcom *
 recursive-include pagure-milters *
 recursive-include pagure-webhook *
 recursive-include tests *
+
+recursive-exclude alembic *.pyc
+recursive-exclude doc *.pyc
+recursive-exclude files *.pyc
+recursive-exclude pagure *.pyc
+recursive-exclude pagure-ci *.pyc
+recursive-exclude pagure-ev *.pyc
+recursive-exclude pagure-loadjson *.pyc
+recursive-exclude pagure-logcom *.pyc
+recursive-exclude pagure-milters *.pyc
+recursive-exclude pagure-webhook *.pyc
+recursive-exclude tests *.pyc