diff --git a/bindings/python/MANIFEST.in b/bindings/python/MANIFEST.in
index 88db8a00..83be1f56 100644
--- a/bindings/python/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/bindings/python/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 include Cargo.toml
+include pyproject.toml
+include rust-toolchain
 recursive-include src *
 recursive-include tokenizers-lib *
 recursive-exclude tokenizers-lib/target *
diff --git a/bindings/python/rust-toolchain b/bindings/python/rust-toolchain
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf867e0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/python/rust-toolchain
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+nightly