diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index f7b975e6f..3d0ca3745 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-include README.md
-include LICENSE.md
 recursive-include tests/ *
-recursive-include rest_framework/static *.js *.css *.map *.png *.ico *.eot *.svg *.ttf *.woff *.woff2
-recursive-include rest_framework/templates *.html schema.js
-recursive-include rest_framework/locale *.mo
 global-exclude __pycache__
 global-exclude *.py[co]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c89b6a002..37fef3bd2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ name = "djangorestframework"
 description = "Web APIs for Django, made easy."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
+license-files = [ "LICENSE.md" ]
 authors = [ { name = "Tom Christie", email = "tom@tomchristie.com" } ]
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 classifiers = [
@@ -44,6 +45,13 @@ version = { attr = "rest_framework.__version__" }
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = [ "rest_framework*" ]
 
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+"rest_framework" = [
+  "templates/**/*",
+  "static/**/*",
+  "locale/**/*.mo",
+]
+
 [tool.isort]
 skip = [ ".tox" ]
 atomic = true