diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 5e4989cbf16f0..ba0e2c063503b 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ recursive-include py/selenium/webdriver/support *.py
 include py/selenium/selenium.py
 include py/selenium/__init__.py
 include py/CHANGES
-include py/README
+include py/README.rst
 recursive-include selenium.egg-info *