diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index cb94c4911..e557b69b4 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 recursive-include docs *.txt
 recursive-include docs *.html
-prune docs/_build *.txt
-prune docs/_build/_sources *.txt
-prune docs/_build _sources
+prune docs/_build/*.txt
+prune docs/_build/_sources/*.txt
+prune docs/_build/_sources
diff --git a/regen-docs b/regen-docs
index c435d943f..9ed1b5488 100755
--- a/regen-docs
+++ b/regen-docs
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+CMD="$1"
+if [ "$CMD" = "release" ] ; then
+  python -c 'import setuptools; __file__="setup.py"; execfile(__file__)' register sdist upload
+  CMD="publish"
+fi
+
 mkdir -p docs/_static docs/_build
 sphinx-build -E -b html docs/ docs/_build || exit 1
-if [ "$1" = "publish" ] ; then
+if [ "$CMD" = "publish" ] ; then
   cd docs/_build
   echo "Uploading files..."
   tar czvf - . | ssh flow.openplans.org 'ssh acura.openplans.org "cd /www/pip.openplans.org/; tar xzvf -"'
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 4b049f978..3c2fdf511 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [egg_info]
-#tag_build = dev
+tag_build = dev