diff --git a/MANIFEST.in.dist b/MANIFEST.in.dist
index a3d86ac17f..7263950694 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in.dist
+++ b/MANIFEST.in.dist
@@ -22,4 +22,3 @@ recursive-include static-libraries *
 recursive-include data *
 
 recursive-exclude python-packages *pyc
-recursive-exclude dist-packages *pyc
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 494c082f66..f5d84fe32c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def run(self):
 if STATIC_BUILD:
     
     manifest_content = file(os.path.join(where_am_i, 'MANIFEST.in.dist'), 'r').read()
-    manifest_content += "\n" + "recursive-include dist-packages *"
+    manifest_content += "\n" + "recursive-include dist-packages *\nrecursive-exclude dist-packages *pyc"
     file(os.path.join(where_am_i, 'MANIFEST.in'), "w").write(manifest_content)
     
     sys.stderr.write(