diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 67f52049d3..30cb2e7b6d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def read_version():
     author_email='aws-sam-developers@amazon.com',
     url='https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sam-cli',
     license='Apache License 2.0',
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=('tests', 'docs')),
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests.*', 'tests']),
     keywords="AWS SAM CLI",
     # Support Python 2.7 and 3.6 or greater
     python_requires='>=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*, !=3.5.*',