diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index c1ea0979c07..9d00985345e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ include examples/hosts
 include examples/ansible.cfg
 include examples/scripts/ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1
 include examples/scripts/upgrade_to_ps3.ps1
+recursive-include lib/ansible/executor/powershell *
 recursive-include lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell *
 recursive-include lib/ansible/modules *
 recursive-include lib/ansible/galaxy/data *
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/powershell-bootstrap.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/powershell-bootstrap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..98f4a7d3700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/powershell-bootstrap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- powershell - add ``lib/ansible/executor/powershell`` to the packaging data
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bca28000faf..dc788385a88 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ static_setup_params = dict(
     packages=find_packages('lib'),
     package_data={
         '': [
+            'executor/powershell/*.ps1',
             'module_utils/powershell/*.psm1',
             'module_utils/powershell/*/*.psm1',
             'modules/windows/*.ps1',