diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 47d69d99..87d433a8 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 include *.rst
 recursive-include pelican *.html *.css *png *.rst *.markdown *.md *.mkd *.xml *.py *.jinja2
 include LICENSE THANKS docs/changelog.rst pyproject.toml
-graft samples
\ No newline at end of file
+graft samples
+global-exclude __pycache__
+global-exclude *.py[co]
\ No newline at end of file