diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e0f266fb6..35a04ff22 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ classifier =
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
 
 [files]
+data_files =
+    etc/barbican =
+        etc/barbican/barbican-api-paste.ini
+        etc/barbican/policy.json
 packages =
     barbican