diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 95a6b1b92..6623f227d 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ include LICENSE
 include Makefile
 include tox.ini
 graft Tests
+graft Tests/images
 graft checks
 graft patches
 graft src
@@ -28,8 +29,19 @@ exclude .editorconfig
 exclude .readthedocs.yml
 exclude codecov.yml
 exclude renovate.json
+exclude Tests/images/README.md
+exclude Tests/images/crash*.tif
+exclude Tests/images/string_dimension.tiff
 global-exclude .git*
 global-exclude *.pyc
 global-exclude *.so
 prune .ci
 prune wheels
+prune winbuild/build
+prune winbuild/depends
+prune Tests/errors
+prune Tests/images/jpeg2000
+prune Tests/images/msp
+prune Tests/images/picins
+prune Tests/images/sunraster
+prune Tests/test-images