diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 04c54217..e2e23d2c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ recursive-include docs *.py *.rst make.bat Makefile
 include tests/testdata/test-1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
 include tox.ini
 include manpages/*.rst
+include LICENSE.txt
 prune tests/testdata/*/build
 prune tests/testdata/*/dist
 prune tests/testdata/*/*.egg-info
diff --git a/docs/news.rst b/docs/news.rst
index 13ad9988..409444e8 100644
--- a/docs/news.rst
+++ b/docs/news.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Release Notes
 **UNRELEASED**
 
 - Updated vendored ``packaging`` library to v20.8
+- Fixed wheel sdist missing ``LICENSE.txt``
 
 **0.36.1 (2020-12-04)**