diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..725ac0c45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+graft artiq/runtime
+include artiq/gui/icon.png
diff --git a/artiq/gateware/targets/__init__.py b/artiq/gateware/targets/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 68b7b9b30..529e4fb14 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ setup(
     packages=find_packages(),
     namespace_packages=[],
     test_suite="artiq.test",
-    package_data={"artiq": [os.path.join("gui", "icon.png")]},
+    include_package_data=True,
     ext_modules=[],
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": scripts,