diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f90c5f016..df10be9c5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 description = "NixOS cloud provisioning and deployment tool"
 authors = ["Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>"]
 license = "LGPL-3.0-only"
-include = ["nix/*.nix", "nixops/py.typed" ]
+include = [ { path = "nix/*.nix", format = "wheel" }, { path = "nixops/py.typed", format = "wheel" } ]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.10"