diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index c6965e3945e40e58972de25e49b6e2a2f59a75b8..9d6f8fb78fdc08e7cfc34c10a26c01744045fe91 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include LICENSE
+include CITATION.cff
 
 include doc/*rst
 include doc/Makefile