diff --git a/src/MANIFEST.in b/src/MANIFEST.in
index a789f22ac..be8d2ce8e 100644
--- a/src/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/src/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ include README.rst
 recursive-include pretix/static *
 recursive-include pretix/static.dist *
 recursive-include pretix/locale *
+recursive-include pretix/helpers/locale *
 recursive-include pretix/base/templates *
 recursive-include pretix/control/templates *
 recursive-include pretix/presale/templates *
diff --git a/src/setup.cfg b/src/setup.cfg
index 00dc9a4f1..65a4c285e 100644
--- a/src/setup.cfg
+++ b/src/setup.cfg
@@ -71,3 +71,30 @@ phrases =
     Stripe Connect
 chunkers = enchant.tokenize.HTMLChunker
 filters = PythonFormatFilter,enchant.tokenize.URLFilter,HTMLFilter
+
+[check-manifest]
+ignore =
+    .update-locales
+    Makefile
+    manage.py
+    pretix/icons/*
+    requirements.txt
+    requirements/*
+    tests/*
+    tests/api/*
+	tests/base/*
+	tests/control/*
+	tests/testdummy/*
+	tests/templates/*
+	tests/presale/*
+	tests/doc/*
+	tests/helpers/*
+	tests/media/*
+	tests/multidomain/*
+	tests/plugins/*
+	tests/plugins/badges/*
+	tests/plugins/banktransfer/*
+	tests/plugins/paypal/*
+	tests/plugins/pretixdroid/*
+	tests/plugins/stripe/*
+	tests/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/*