diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 8999e6614..916741fbb 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@ include CONTRIBUTORS.txt
 include README.rst
 include LICENSE
 include pip-requirements.txt
+include tox.ini
+recursive-include examples *
+recursive-include docs *
+recursive-include extras *
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 515c12a23..06a6e2cb0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 setup(name='circus',
       version=__version__,
-      packages=find_packages(exclude=["docs"]),
+      packages=find_packages(exclude=["docs", "examples", "examples.*"]),
       description=("Circus is a program that will let you run and watch "
                    " multiple processes and sockets."),
       long_description=README,