diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7fd18f9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+global-include *.html *.js *.py *.jpg *.png *.xml *.pdf *.ttf
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f97becf1e..202121ed7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,15 @@
   license='BSD',
   packages = find_packages(exclude=['ez_setup']),
   zip_safe = False,
-  requires=['cv2','cv', 'numpy', 'scipy', 'pygame', 'pil', 'svgwrite'],
+  install_requires=[
+    'cv2',
+    'cv',
+    'numpy',
+    'scipy',
+    'pygame',
+    'pil',
+    'svgwrite'
+  ],
   package_data  = { #DO NOT REMOVE, NEEDED TO LOAD INLINE FILES i = Image('simplecv')
             'SimpleCV': ['sampleimages/*',
                         'Features/HaarCascades/*',