diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 0e481d1c..f2a1851a 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 include LICENSE
+include helpers/envkernel.sh
 recursive-include pmb/data *
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 74e94e86..b9c60f94 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -72,4 +72,5 @@ setup(
         ],
     },
     include_package_data=True,
+    data_files=[('share/pmbootstrap/helpers/', ['helpers/envkernel.sh'])],
 )