diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_
 include rhodecode/lib/dbmigrate/migrate.cfg
 
 include README.rst
-recursive-include rhodecode/i18n/ *
+recursive-include rhodecode/i18n *
 
 #images
 recursive-include rhodecode/public/css *