diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 0659649ab..9d153062f 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ recursive-include test *.py
 recursive-include test/data *
 recursive-exclude test/data/testplugins/module/dummyplugin/__pycache__ *
 recursive-exclude test/data/testplugins/singlefile/__pycache__ *
+recursive-exclude * *~
 
 exclude org.musicbrainz.Picard.appdata.xml
 exclude win-version-info.txt