diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 6f7cb8f13..262e3dc91 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 include README.md
 include LICENSE.md
+recursive-include tests/* *
 recursive-include rest_framework/static *.js *.css *.png *.ico *.eot *.svg *.ttf *.woff *.woff2
 recursive-include rest_framework/templates *.html schema.js
 recursive-include rest_framework/locale *.mo