diff --git a/PYTHON-MANIFEST.in b/PYTHON-MANIFEST.in
index 2f5700d11a0..3c46d611702 100644
--- a/PYTHON-MANIFEST.in
+++ b/PYTHON-MANIFEST.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ graft include/grpc
 graft third_party/boringssl
 graft third_party/zlib
 include src/python/grpcio/commands.py
+include src/python/grpcio/grpc_version.py
 include src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py
 include src/python/grpcio/support.py
 include src/python/grpcio/README.rst