diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 38d83a9a5..bc2f056c0 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ include README.md
 include completions/*/*
 include supportedsites.md
 include yt-dlp.1
+include requirements.txt
 recursive-include devscripts *
 recursive-include test *