diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 8b7aeb1..34e9c60 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include README LICENSE requirements.txt
+include README.rst requirements.txt data/config.ini
diff --git a/bwscanner/configutil.py b/bwscanner/configutil.py
index a78d99b..5903f04 100644
--- a/bwscanner/configutil.py
+++ b/bwscanner/configutil.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os.path
 from shutil import copyfile
 from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
+from pkg_resources import resource_string
 
 from bwscanner.logger import log
 
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@ def config_exists(cfg_path):
 
 def copy_config(cfg_path, cfg_default_path=None):
     if cfg_default_path is None:
-        cfg_default_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(
-                os.path.abspath(__file__))), 'data', 'config.ini')
+        cfg_default_path = resource_string(__name__, 'data/config.ini')
     log.debug("cfg_default_path %s" % cfg_default_path)
     copyfile(cfg_default_path, cfg_path)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 727fb08..a37d5a7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
       url=__url__,
       license=__license__,
       packages=find_packages(),
-      # data_files = [('path', ['filename'])]
-      data_files=[],
+      include_package_data=True,
       entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [
             'bwscan = bwscanner.scanner:cli',