diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..017261c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include README.md
+include requirements.txt
+include ocrd-tool.json
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d88c9e2..5acb886 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "    deps-ubuntu  Install required packages for Debian/Ubuntu"
 	@echo "    install      Install"
 	@echo "    install-dev  Install in editable mode"
+	@echo "    build        Build source and binary distribution"
 	@echo "    docker       Build Docker image"
 	@echo "    test         Run test"
 	@echo "    repo/assets  Clone OCR-D/assets to ./repo/assets"
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ install:
 install-dev:
 	$(PIP) install -e .
 
+build:
+	$(PIP) install build
+	$(PYTHON) -m build .
+
 # Build docker image
 docker:
 	docker build \