diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 004ba8e06..423b6805f 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ graft Tests/icc
 graft Tests/images
 recursive-include Scripts *.py README
 graft Images
-recursive-include docs *.txt *.html *.rst *.css *.py README CHANGES CONTENTS Makefile make.bat BUILDME
+recursive-include docs *.txt *.html *.rst *.css *.py README CHANGES CONTENTS Makefile make.bat BUILDME LICENSE
 recursive-include libImaging *.c *.h
 recursive-include Tk *.c *.txt
 recursive-include Sane *.c *.txt CHANGES README *.py