diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index a3c88370..852141a0 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # requirements
 include requirements.txt
 include test_requirements.txt
+include dev_requirements.txt
 
 # git
 include .git_archival.txt
diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab16ab10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+check-manifest>=0.33
+setuptools-scm>=1.11.1
+twine>=1.8.1
+coverage>=4.2
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