diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from appveyor.yml
rename to .appveyor.yml
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 7006e5be2..cd65f46fc 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ graft docs
 prune docs/_static
 
 # build/src control detritus
+exclude .appveyor.yml
 exclude .coveragerc
 exclude .codecov.yml
 exclude .editorconfig
 exclude .landscape.yaml
 exclude .travis
 exclude .travis/*
-exclude appveyor.yml
 exclude build_children.sh
 exclude tox.ini
 global-exclude .git*