diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index f9806c626..4a56422a1 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ exclude scripts/generate_authors.sh
 exclude .flake8
 exclude .pylintrc
 exclude TODO
+exclude BUGS
 prune pkg