diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fcacc8050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+graft etc
+graft tests
+graft spdx
+graft data
+graft examples
+
+prune src/spdx_tools.egg-info
+
+include spdx/licenses.json
+include README.md
+include CHANGELOG.rst
+include LICENSE
+include MANIFEST.in
+include setup.py
+include setup.cfg
+include .gitignore
+include MANIFEST.in
+include .travis.yml
+include circle.yml
+include appveyor.yml
+
+global-exclude *.py[co] __pycache__ *.*~
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 43289620e..622a509c6 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def test_suite():
 
 setup(
     name='spdx-tools',
-    version='0.5.2',
+    version='0.5.3',
     description='SPDX parser and tools.',
     packages=['spdx', 'spdx.parsers', 'spdx.writers', 'spdx.parsers.lexers'],
     package_data={'spdx': ['spdx_licenselist.csv']},