diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7e5c7733d4..6dd151b79d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ integrations = []
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = ["github"]
+
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 github = ["py.typed", '*.pyi']