diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index bb0be4958..5e95299de 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ include sphinx-build.py
 include sphinx-quickstart.py
 include sphinx-apidoc.py
 
+recursive-include sphinx/templates *
 recursive-include sphinx/texinputs *
 recursive-include sphinx/themes *
 recursive-include sphinx/locale *