diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8ef8dcb15d7..5b4650e16e0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ static_setup_params = dict(
             'module_utils/powershell/*/*.psm1',
             'modules/windows/*.ps1',
             'modules/windows/*/*.ps1',
+            'galaxy/data/*.*',
             'galaxy/data/*/*.*',
             'galaxy/data/*/.*',
             'galaxy/data/*/*/.*',