diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index fa69ac3..0a51a0c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ include README.md
 include pyproject.toml
 include jupyter-config/jupyterlab-python-file.json
 
+include install.json
 include package.json
 include ts*.json
 
diff --git a/install.json b/install.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6381532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "packageManager": "python",
+  "packageName": "jupyterlab-python-file",
+  "uninstallInstructions": "Use your Python package manager (pip, conda, etc.) to uninstall the package jupyterlab-python-file"
+}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0d777e1..420a9c8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
 labext_name = "jupyterlab-python-file"
 
 data_files_spec = [
-    ("share/jupyter/labextensions/%s" % labext_name, lab_path, "*.*"),
+    ("share/jupyter/labextensions/%s" % labext_name, lab_path, "**"),
+    ("share/jupyter/labextensions/%s" % labext_name, HERE, "install.json"),
 ]
 
 cmdclass = create_cmdclass("jsdeps",