diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 9361ee2700..8f1cd37f7c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
-include src/gluonts/ext/r_forecast/R/*.R
-recursive-include requirements *.txt
+
+# include all of gluonts
+graft src/gluonts
+
+# except the nursery
+prune src/gluonts/nursery
+
+graft docs
+graft requirements
+graft test
+
+includes *.md
+include NOTICE
 
 prune .devtools
+prune .gitattributes
 prune .github
 prune examples
 prune evaluations
-prune docs
-prune test
-
-
-prune src/gluonts/nursery
-
 
 exclude .dockerignore
 exclude .gitignore
 exclude dev_setup.sh
-
-
-global-exclude *.ipynb
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b07d80f726..21607d44a3 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ project_urls =
     Documentation = https://ts.gluon.ai/stable/
     Source Code = https://github.com/awslabs/gluonts/
 license = Apache License 2.0
+license_file = LICENSE
 author = Amazon
 author_email = gluon-ts-dev@amazon.com
 maintainer_email = gluon-ts-dev@amazon.com