diff --git a/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/MANIFEST.in b/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/MANIFEST.in
index e6ab312f09ce3d2e5a65c6bc4a12410e56345d20..f99fb07ca8f8d800a87a773f22c7c1f479690024 100644
--- a/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+include grpc_version.py
 include protoc_deps.py
 include protoc_lib_deps.py
 graft grpc