diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 48ee0adce..08e77b2d4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ setup(
     maintainer='Pablo Hoffman',
     maintainer_email='pablo@pablohoffman.com',
     license='BSD',
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests']),
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=('scrapy.tests', 'scrapy.tests.*')),
     include_package_data=True,
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': ['scrapy = scrapy.cmdline:execute']