diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 262e3dc91..5159eeddc 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include README.md
 include LICENSE.md
-recursive-include tests/* *
+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