diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 72f796df4..d13f2492f 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ include AUTHORS ChangeLog DEPENDS LICENSE  msgfmt.py RELEASE-VERSION version.py
 graft docs/man
 
 include deluge/i18n/*.po
+recursive-exclude deluge/i18n LC_MESSAGES *.mo
 
 graft deluge/plugins
 recursive-exclude deluge/plugins create_dev_link.sh *.pyc