diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7aaa277ea..f504ecc2e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ share/python-wheels/
 *.egg-info/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
-MANIFEST
 
 # PyInstaller
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
@@ -209,4 +208,4 @@ replicate.yaml
 **/run.sh
 
 # Notebooks
-*.ipynb
\ No newline at end of file
+*.ipynb
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..867b5bcef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+recursive-include bittensor_cli/src/bittensor/templates *
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3eb900c75..470c4090a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -65,4 +65,5 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools]
-package-dir = {"bittensor_cli" = "bittensor_cli"}
\ No newline at end of file
+package-dir = {"bittensor_cli" = "bittensor_cli"}
+include-package-data = true