diff --git a/buildconfig/MANIFEST.in b/buildconfig/MANIFEST.in
index b46eb7e695..cb423595ca 100644
--- a/buildconfig/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/buildconfig/MANIFEST.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ recursive-exclude buildconfig/macdependencies *
 recursive-exclude buildconfig/stubs/.mypy_cache *
 
 include README.rst
-include meson_options.txt
+include meson.options
 include meson.build
 include pyproject.toml
 
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson.options
similarity index 100%
rename from meson_options.txt
rename to meson.options