diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33107ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+include COPYING
+include ez_setup.py
+include *.rst
+recursive-include src/postorius *.py *.html *.js *.rst
+prune src/postorius/doc/_build
+graft src/postorius/static
+include src/postorius/doc/Makefile
diff --git a/src/postorius/doc/news.rst b/src/postorius/doc/news.rst
index 2b5f378..107c8fd 100644
--- a/src/postorius/doc/news.rst
+++ b/src/postorius/doc/news.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@
 along with Postorius. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
+1.0 alpha 3
+===========
+(2014-XX-XX)
+
+* fixed pip install (missing MANIFEST) (LP: 1307624). Contributed by Aurélien Bompard
+
+
 1.0 alpha 2 -- "Is It Luck?"
 ============================
 (2014-03-15)