diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5adb2b83cf466768d3165102fcdc58db524e6e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include brian_polling_manager/logging_default_config.json
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 39f8d84e528dc3435a53b9d5121efedc8824a140..05a2c7fe59e4194b93bc0674a74e406ac20c57db 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ setup(
             'brian-polling-manager=brian_polling_manager.cli:main'
         ]
     },
+    include_package_data=True,
 )