diff --git a/cython/MANIFEST.in b/cython/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e72b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cython/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include lib/*
+include share/libsme/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cython/setup.py b/cython/setup.py
index d06e1d3..4280b8c 100644
--- a/cython/setup.py
+++ b/cython/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 from distutils.extension import Extension
 from os.path import dirname, join, realpath
 
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@
 )
 setup(
     name="smelib",
-    ext_modules=cythonize([examples_extension], language_level=3)
+    ext_modules=cythonize([examples_extension], language_level=3),
+    include_package_data=True,
 )