diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 84ed45985a9..ac545d3d8d4 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ recursive-include pixmaps *
 recursive-include win32 *
 recursive-include doc *
 recursive-include bin *xml *xsl *sql *rml *sxw *csv *rng
-graft bin/addons/
+graft bin/addons
 global-exclude *pyc *~