diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index c3d3edb5..acaa1fdd 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+recursive-include mediagoblin/i18n *.mo
 recursive-include mediagoblin/templates *.html *.txt *.xml
 recursive-include mediagoblin/static *.js *.css *.png *.svg *.ico
 recursive-include mediagoblin/tests *.ini