diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index cdb76ecdd..c88a56c1b 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ include gen_web_gettext.py
 graft docs/man
 
 include deluge/i18n/*.po
+recursive-exclude deluge/i18n *.mo
 
 graft deluge/plugins
 recursive-exclude deluge/plugins create_dev_link.sh *.pyc *.egg
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 96c3d1afd..741f61433 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+[sdist]
+formats=xztar
+
 [build_docs]
 source-dir = docs/source
 build-dir = docs/build