diff --git a/Doc/ttx.1 b/Doc/man/man1/ttx.1
similarity index 100%
rename from Doc/ttx.1
rename to Doc/man/man1/ttx.1
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 5013cf617..55173bb2f 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ include LICENSE
 include NEWS
 include Snippets/*.py
 include Snippets/README.md
-include Doc/ttx.1
 include MetaTools/*.py
 include Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/table_API_readme.txt
 
@@ -11,6 +10,8 @@ include *requirements.txt
 include tox.ini
 include run-tests.sh
 
+recursive-include Doc/man/man1 *.1
+
 recursive-include Lib/fontTools testdata/*.ttx testdata/*.otx testdata/*.fea
 recursive-include Lib/fontTools testdata/*.txt testdata/*.ttx.*
 recursive-include Lib/fontTools testdata/mti/*.txt testdata/mti/*.ttx.*