diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 0136b952ab1..3059731c886 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ recursive-include doc *
 recursive-include bin *xml *xsl *sql *rml *sxw *csv *rng
 graft debian
 graft bin/addons
+graft python25-compat
 global-exclude *pyc *~