diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6c725139c818261058d4910c09981a81b21dd205..1c5a26117544763a8269cc0b44c2142f243d42fa 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class kwant_sdist(distutils_sdist):
                         f.write(''.join([a, sep, stem, dot, 'c', '\n']))
                     f.write(name + '\n')
                 f.write(STATIC_VERSION_FILE + '\n')
-                f.write('MANIFEST')
+                f.write('MANIFEST\n')
 
         distutils_sdist.run(self)