diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e84d39d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+See documentation at
+https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Portal:Developers
+https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Brief_introduction_to_Git#Making_a_patchfile
+https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Brief_introduction_to_Git#Making_a_PR
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 081e82f94..cb39461e9 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ include MANIFEST.in
 include NEWS
 include RELEASE_NOTES
 include TODO
+include CONTRIBUTING
 include TestPlan.txt
 recursive-include data *
 recursive-include debian *