diff --git a/utils/lit/MANIFEST.in b/utils/lit/MANIFEST.in
index 7a732b384d6..1b8db122a14 100644
--- a/utils/lit/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/utils/lit/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include TODO lit.py
+recursive-include lit/builtin_commands *
 recursive-include tests *
 recursive-include examples *
 global-exclude *pyc