diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index f2d8d548..33d8c9f3 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-include AUTHORS CHANGELOG* COPYING INSTALL README* remotinator setup.py terminator
-recursive-include data *
-recursive-include doc *
-recursive-include po *
-recursive-include terminatorlib *.py *.glade *.css
-recursive-include tests *.py
-
+include .gitignore
 exclude data/terminator.appdata.xml data/terminator.desktop
 exclude po/.intltool-merge-cache