diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/MANIFEST.in b/Lib/idlelib/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..96098f86a95b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/MANIFEST.in
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+include *.txt
+include idle
+include MANIFEST.in
+include MANIFEST