diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 7c257ccc2..c00d1a594 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #4472: DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS is not defined
 * #4491: autodoc: prefer _MockImporter over other importers in sys.meta_path
 * #4490: autodoc: type annotation is broken with python 3.7.0a4+
+* utils package is installed
 * #3952: apidoc: module header is too escaped
 
 Testing
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index cab6b74d1..dbef653bc 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ exclude = .git,.tox,.venv,tests/*,build/*,doc/_build/*,sphinx/search/*,sphinx/py
 [flake8:local-plugins]
 extension =
     X101 = utils.checks:sphinx_has_header
+paths =
+    .
 
 [mypy]
 python_version = 2.7
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index abf71df78..32c6f4d50 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ setup(
         'Topic :: Utilities',
     ],
     platforms='any',
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests']),
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests', 'utils']),
     include_package_data=True,
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [