diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..95b6bfc1f8230fbf1de39fc8842619899eb66126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+recursive-include bpeng/simulation/initial_idf *
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0e56312bf94f45398aad21cfe3faca51691e6e20..fe0298b57fca3825157b8b913f42d4c4c8185fe4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import re
 import uuid
-from distutils.core import setup
-from setuptools import find_packages
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from pip.req import parse_requirements