diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 9ef7fe6d0..26f215535 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #
 # Manifest template for creating the dlib source distribution.
 
+
 include MANIFEST.in
 include setup.py
 include README.md
@@ -12,4 +13,5 @@ recursive-include dlib **
 recursive-include python_examples *.txt *.py 
 recursive-include tools/python **
 
-
+prune tools/python/build*/
+prune dlib/test/