diff --git a/python/MANIFEST.in b/python/MANIFEST.in
index c8c818919820..f46c7ce67dee 100644
--- a/python/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/python/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 graft src
 graft triton/third_party
 graft triton/tools
-graft triton/runtime/backends/
+graft triton/runtime/backends
 graft triton/language/extra