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I am trying to create a Python package, and I have a directory structure like this: mypkg/ ├── __init__.py ├── module1 │ ├── x.py │ ├── y.py │ └── z.txt └── module2 ├── a.py └── b.py Then I added all the files in MANIFEST.in and when I check the created archive, it had all the files. When I do python setup.py install in the dist-packages/mypkg/module1 . I see only the Python files and not z.txt . I have z.txt in both MANIFEST.in and setup.py : setup ( packages = [ 'mypkg', 'mypkg.module1', 'mypkg.module2', ], package_data = { 'mypkg': ['module1/z.txt'] }, include_package_data = True, ... ) I tried adding the file as data_files as well but that created a directory in /usr/local . I want to keep it inside the source code directory as the code uses that data. I have read the posts listed below but I keep getting confused about what is the right way to keep z.txt in the right location after setup.py install . MANIFEST.in ignored on "python setup.py install" - no data files installed? Installing data files into site-packages with setup.py http://blog.codekills.net/2011/07/15/lies,-more-lies-and-python-packaging-documentation-on--package_data-/

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