diff --git a/certbot-apache/MANIFEST.in b/certbot-apache/MANIFEST.in
index 386021723..fa15504e7 100644
--- a/certbot-apache/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/certbot-apache/MANIFEST.in
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ recursive-include tests *
 include certbot_apache/_internal/centos-options-ssl-apache.conf
 include certbot_apache/_internal/options-ssl-apache.conf
 recursive-include certbot_apache/_internal/augeas_lens *.aug
+global-exclude __pycache__
+global-exclude *.py[cod]