diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 309c1f8dc..8a4123fea 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ recursive-exclude docs *.pyc
 recursive-exclude docs *.pyo
 prune docs/_build
 prune .travis
+prune .github
 exclude .coveragerc .gitattributes .gitignore .travis.yml Vagrantfile
 include borg/_version.py