diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index ab4b91e4..f5803133 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 recursive-include static *.scss *.css *.js *.ico *.gif *.svg *.png *.jpg *.jpeg *.woff *.woff2 *.ttf *.map *.json *.eot *.otf
 
 # templates
-recursive-include templates *.html *.txt
+recursive-include templates *.html *.txt *.py
 
 # documentation
 recursive-include help *.page *.png
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 076d0890..e99b6b54 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ def data_tree(destdir, sourcedir):
         '.svg',
         '.eot',
         '.otf',
+        '.py',  # prepare-template.py
     ]
     r = []
     for root, dirs, files in os.walk(sourcedir):