diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 05ab744426..fec765cd00 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
+include AUTHORS
+include ChangeLog
+
 include trove/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/migrate.cfg
 include trove/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/README
 include trove/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/*.sql
 include etc/trove/*.*
+
+exclude .gitignore
+exclude .gitreview
+
+global-exclude *.pyc