diff --git a/python/MANIFEST.in b/python/MANIFEST.in
index fb39dac..7c16f42 100644
--- a/python/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/python/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1 +1,9 @@
-include src/*.c src/trexio*.h examples/*.ipynb requirements.txt tools/set_NUMPY_INCLUDEDIR.sh 
+include src/*.c 
+include src/trexio*.h 
+include examples/notebooks/* 
+include examples/README.md 
+include requirements.txt tools/set_NUMPY_INCLUDEDIR.sh
+
+exclude examples/LICENSE
+exclude examples/requirements.txt
+exclude examples/runtime.txt