diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index acb1656fc2..9217375282 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 include README.rst
 include LICENSE.txt
 include requirements.txt
+include botocore/cacert.pem
 include botocore/vendored/requests/cacert.pem
 recursive-include botocore/data *.json
 graft docs
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a538df4374..5c8eb49b4b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def find_version(*file_paths):
     url='https://github.com/boto/botocore',
     scripts=[],
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests*']),
-    package_data={'botocore': ['data/*.json', 'data/*/*.json'],
+    package_data={'botocore': ['cacert.pem', 'data/*.json', 'data/*/*.json'],
                   'botocore.vendored.requests': ['*.pem']},
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=requires,