diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index d0e82731abe..ebf613aaf42 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ recursive-include lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell *
 recursive-include lib/ansible/modules *
 recursive-include lib/ansible/galaxy/data *
 recursive-include docs *
+recursive-include licenses *
 recursive-include packaging *
 recursive-include test *
 include Makefile