diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index f3e0bd5..b3e5a03 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 include *.txt
 include *.rst
 
-recursive-include docs *
-recursive-include plone *
-
-global-include *.mo
+graft docs
+graft plone
 
 global-exclude *.pyc
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 9155b60..c674eda 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ source-dir = docs/source
 build-dir  = docs
 all_files  = 1
 
+[check-manifest]
+ignore =
+    *.cfg
+    .travis.yml
+    bootstrap-buildout.py
+
 [upload_sphinx]
 upload-dir = docs/html
-