diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index b1f93dba..956f44c9 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 recursive-include mediagoblin/templates *.html
-recursive-include mediagoblin/static *.js *.css *.png *.svg
+recursive-include mediagoblin/static *.js *.css *.png *.svg *.ico
 recursive-include mediagoblin/tests *.ini
 recursive-include docs *.rst *.html
-
+include mediagoblin/config_spec.ini
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 293f3f03..ca7d4ae2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ setup(
     version=get_version(),
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['ez_setup', 'examples', 'tests']),
     zip_safe=False,
+    include_package_data = True,
     # scripts and dependencies
     install_requires=[
         'setuptools',