diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 7e219f463..cd1f1e886 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include README.md LICENSE AUTHORS.md
 include requirements.txt requirements-dev.txt tox.ini
 include moto/ec2/resources/instance_types.json
+recursive-include moto/templates *
 recursive-include tests *