diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index c21ea9947..7e219f463 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 include README.md LICENSE AUTHORS.md
 include requirements.txt requirements-dev.txt tox.ini
+include moto/ec2/resources/instance_types.json
 recursive-include tests *