diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 7abd63bc1..abeaa8f45 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include sphinxcontrib/needs/directives/needimport_template.rst
+include LICENSE
 
 graft sphinxcontrib/needs/css
 graft sphinxcontrib/needs/libs
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d5f4d80f7..0fc5eec60 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,5 +43,6 @@
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=requires,
+    setup_requires=['wheel'],
     namespace_packages=['sphinxcontrib'],
 )