diff --git a/confluent_server/MANIFEST.in b/confluent_server/MANIFEST.in
index 849e5d43..45c8d31b 100644
--- a/confluent_server/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/confluent_server/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 include sysvinit/*
 include systemd/*
+include sysctl/*
diff --git a/confluent_server/setup.py.tmpl b/confluent_server/setup.py.tmpl
index 9c089247..85ecb57e 100644
--- a/confluent_server/setup.py.tmpl
+++ b/confluent_server/setup.py.tmpl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ setup(
                       'pyghmi>=0.6.5'],
     scripts=['bin/confluent', 'bin/confluentdbutil'],
     data_files=[('/etc/init.d', ['sysvinit/confluent']),
-                ('/usr/lib/sysctl.d', 'sysctl/confluent.conf'),
+                ('/usr/lib/sysctl.d', ['sysctl/confluent.conf']),
                 ('/usr/lib/systemd/system', ['systemd/confluent.service']),
 		('/opt/confluent/lib/python/confluent/plugins/console/', [])],