diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 66488aae6..15bfe4caa 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ include README.md
 include LICENSE.md
 recursive-include rest_framework/static *.js *.css *.png *.eot *.svg *.ttf *.woff
 recursive-include rest_framework/templates *.html
-recursive-exclude * __pycache__
-recursive-exclude * *.py[co]
+global-exclude __pycache__
+global-exclude *.py[co]