diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 1bf23fd45e1b143824363f564d433edc17368b33..35f5bdad35a02f6ca5c3cdb53fa8e3280869bf3d 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ include README.rst CHANGELOG.rst CONTRIBUTING.rst
 include LICENSE
 include setup.py setup.cfg pyproject.toml
 include src/km3io/version.py
+include codemeta.json
 
 recursive-include tests