diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_lint.yml b/.github/workflows/python_lint.yml
index ffed6838..8103e7e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_lint.yml
@@ -27,3 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         ruff check --output-format=github .
         ruff format --check
+
+    - name: Check manifest
+      run: |
+        check-manifest
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index db769fc2..5ffe2063 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
-exclude powa/templates/
+# Exclude all dot files and dot directories
+exclude .*
+recursive-exclude .* *
+
+exclude vite.config.js
+exclude *.json
+
+recursive-exclude powa/static/js *
+recursive-exclude powa/static/styles *
 recursive-include powa/templates *.html
 recursive-include  powa/static/css *
 recursive-include  powa/static/img *
-include powa/static/js/powa.min-all.js
-include powa/static/js/config.js
-include powa/static/js/require.js
+recursive-include  powa/static/dist *
 include powa/powa.wsgi
 include powa-web.conf-dist
+include run_powa.py
+
+include *.md
+include *.txt
+include CHANGELOG
+include readme
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 25d0388c..2718270c 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 -r requirements.txt
 ruff --only-binary=ruff
+check-manifest