diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index dc673df4..c9a4d173 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 Next Release (TBD)
 ==================
 
-* No changes yet.
+* Include ``tests/__init__.py`` in source distributions so the bundled test
+  suite can import its shared helpers (`issue #341
+  <https://github.com/jmespath/jmespath.py/issues/341>`__).
 
 
 1.1.0
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index a5021c60..2e8cfd80 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 include README.rst
 include LICENSE
+include tests/__init__.py