diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index a87a1bc..8c22eeb 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 include LICENSE
 include README.rst
 include docs/*
-include tests/yaml-1.2-spec-examples/*
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7d05f3a..74ad899 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ setup(
 
     packages=find_packages(),
     entry_points={'console_scripts': ['yamllint=yamllint.cli:run']},
-    package_data={'yamllint': ['conf/*.yml']},
+    package_data={'yamllint': ['conf/*.yml'],
+                  'tests': ['yaml-1.2-spec-examples/*']},
     install_requires=['pyyaml'],
     tests_require=['nose'],
     test_suite='nose.collector',