diff --git a/setupbase.py b/setupbase.py
index c1d9a3a39..657596a79 100644
--- a/setupbase.py
+++ b/setupbase.py
@@ -124,7 +124,11 @@ def find_package_data():
     """
     # This is not enough for these things to appear in an sdist.
     # We need to muck with the MANIFEST to get this to work
-    package_data = {'IPython.UserConfig' : ['*'] }
+    package_data = {
+        'IPython.UserConfig' : ['*'],
+        'IPython.tools.tests' : ['*.txt'],
+        'IPython.testing' : ['*.txt']
+    }
     return package_data