diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 7375aea935..a5b084e758 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ include requirements.txt
 recursive-exclude * __pycache__
 recursive-exclude * *.py[co]
 
+recursive-include ens/specs *
+
 recursive-include ethpm/assets/ *
 recursive-include ethpm/ethpm-spec/examples *
 recursive-include ethpm/ethpm-spec/spec *
diff --git a/newsfragments/3039.bugfix.rst b/newsfragments/3039.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1139a3736d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/3039.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add ``ens/specs`` to MANIFEST.in