diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index b527c45b4..f66e42ae3 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ include INSTALL
 include LICENSE
 include MANIFEST.in
 include scrapy/mime.types
-include scrapy/tests *.egg
-include scrapyd/tests *.egg
 include scrapyd/default_scrapyd.conf
+recursive-include scrapyd license.txt
+recursive-include scrapyd/tests *.egg
 recursive-include scrapy/templates *
 recursive-include scrapy/tests/sample_data *
+recursive-include scrapy license.txt
+recursive-include scrapy/tests *.egg
 recursive-include docs *
 prune docs/build
 recursive-include scripts *