diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index c1c5435..b51465d 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 include CITATION.cff
 include VERSION
 include pyproject.toml
+include src/ccbr_tools/templates/*
diff --git a/src/ccbr_tools/pyproject.toml b/src/ccbr_tools/pyproject.toml
index a5ac943..bc0022c 100644
--- a/src/ccbr_tools/pyproject.toml
+++ b/src/ccbr_tools/pyproject.toml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ override_SS05 = [  # override SS05 to allow docstrings starting with these words
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 "*" = ["LICENSE", "VERSION", "CITATION.cff", "CHANGELOG.md", "pyproject.toml"]
+"ccbr_tools.templates" = ["src/ccbr_tools/templates/*"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 version = {file = "VERSION"}