diff --git a/scripts/python/module/MANIFEST.in b/scripts/python/module/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5488969592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/python/module/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include tox.ini
diff --git a/scripts/python/module/Makefile.am b/scripts/python/module/Makefile.am
index 9305bd4ed8..8d0b835f03 100644
--- a/scripts/python/module/Makefile.am
+++ b/scripts/python/module/Makefile.am
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ check-local:
 tox: dist .pypi-tools-tox
 	tox
 
-EXTRA_DIST = tox.ini
+EXTRA_DIST = tox.ini MANIFEST.in
 
 NUT_SOURCE_GITREV_NUMERIC = @NUT_SOURCE_GITREV_NUMERIC@
 PYTHON = @PYTHON@
diff --git a/scripts/python/module/setup.py.in b/scripts/python/module/setup.py.in
index c3a8de24be..18f956d20c 100644
--- a/scripts/python/module/setup.py.in
+++ b/scripts/python/module/setup.py.in
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ setup(
     packages   =	find_packages(),
     #py_modules =	['PyNUT'],
     package_dir =	{'PyNUT': 'PyNUTClient'},
-    data_files =	[('', ['tox.ini'])],
+    #data_files =	[('', ['tox.ini'])],
     #scripts    =	['PyNUTClient/test_nutclient.py', 'PyNUTClient/__init__.py'],
     python_requires =	'>=2.6',
     # install_requires =	['telnetlib'],	# NOTE: telnetlib.py is part of Python core for tested 2.x and 3.x versions, not something 'pip' can download