diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..337f1d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+include *.toml
+include *.txt
+include Makefile
+include mypy.ini
+recursive-include docs *.rst
+recursive-include tests *.qasm
+exclude Dockerfile
+exclude .docker*
+exclude .pre-commit*
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e8f598d..ca5665b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ requires-python = ">=3.10"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 authors = [{name = "Quantinuum"}]
 
-dependencies = []
+dependencies = ["pytket"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-tests = ["pytest", "pytket"]
+tests = ["pytest"]
 
 [project.urls]
 Repository = "https://github.com/CQCL/pytket-phir.git"