diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index bfcaf6057c8a1..983e6c09f4235 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@ include airflow/customized_form_field_behaviours.schema.json
 include airflow/serialization/schema.json
 include airflow/utils/python_virtualenv_script.jinja2
 include airflow/utils/context.pyi
+include airflow/example_dags/sql/sample.sql
 include generated