diff --git a/azure-sdk-tools/packaging_tools/templates/MANIFEST.in b/azure-sdk-tools/packaging_tools/templates/MANIFEST.in
index f3f9b2822540..22ee5b3ad3b6 100644
--- a/azure-sdk-tools/packaging_tools/templates/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/azure-sdk-tools/packaging_tools/templates/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+recursive-include tests *.py *.yaml
 include *.rst
 {%- for init_name in init_names %}
 include {{ init_name }}