diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1329d59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+recursive-include test *.py
+recursive-include smoke *.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0b93968..4c68913 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ setup(
     install_requires=[
     ],
     namespace_packages=['akanda'],
-    packages=find_packages(),
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=['test', 'smoke']),
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=False,
 )