diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 25fde2f7d..5d97e85b1 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ include test-requirements.txt
 include plugin-requirements.txt
 include tox.ini
 include *.rst
+include babel.cfg
 recursive-include functest *
 recursive-include locale *
 recursive-include devstack *