diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 2ceed34f3f..bf30d15469 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ include nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/migrate.cfg
 include nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/README
 include nova/virt/interfaces.template
 include nova/virt/libvirt*.xml.template
+include nova/virt/cpuinfo.xml.template
 include nova/tests/CA/
 include nova/tests/CA/cacert.pem
 include nova/tests/CA/private/