diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index ba42721..5ada10a 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -4,4 +4,8 @@
 .coverage
 htmlcov
 tags
+build
+dist
+MANIFEST
+
 
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 9474776..e09a955 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 recursive-include elftools *.py 
 recursive-include scripts *.py
 recursive-include examples *.py *.elf
-prune test
+recursive-include test *.py *.elf
 include README
 include LICENSE
 include CHANGES
diff --git a/examples/dwarf_die_tree.py b/examples/dwarf_die_tree.py
index 5633d59..769adcf 100644
--- a/examples/dwarf_die_tree.py
+++ b/examples/dwarf_die_tree.py
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
+
+# If elftools is not installed, maybe we're running from the root or examples
+# dir of the source distribution
+try:
+    import elftools
+except ImportError:
+    sys.path.extend(['.', '..'])
+
 from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile
 
 
diff --git a/examples/elf_low_high_api.py b/examples/elf_low_high_api.py
index 43f9880..97e4dc4 100644
--- a/examples/elf_low_high_api.py
+++ b/examples/elf_low_high_api.py
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
+
+# If elftools is not installed, maybe we're running from the root or examples
+# dir of the source distribution
+try:
+    import elftools
+except ImportError:
+    sys.path.extend(['.', '..'])
+
 from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile
 from elftools.elf.sections import SymbolTableSection
 
diff --git a/examples/elf_relocations.py b/examples/elf_relocations.py
index a09f014..e142e18 100644
--- a/examples/elf_relocations.py
+++ b/examples/elf_relocations.py
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
+
+# If elftools is not installed, maybe we're running from the root or examples
+# dir of the source distribution
+try:
+    import elftools
+except ImportError:
+    sys.path.extend(['.', '..'])
+
 from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile
 from elftools.elf.relocation import RelocationSection
 
diff --git a/examples/elfclass_address_size.py b/examples/elfclass_address_size.py
index 21c839c..39c1fbc 100644
--- a/examples/elfclass_address_size.py
+++ b/examples/elfclass_address_size.py
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
+
+# If elftools is not installed, maybe we're running from the root or examples
+# dir of the source distribution
+try:
+    import elftools
+except ImportError:
+    sys.path.extend(['.', '..'])
+
 from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile
 
 
diff --git a/examples/examine_dwarf_info.py b/examples/examine_dwarf_info.py
index 7a2c034..6064412 100644
--- a/examples/examine_dwarf_info.py
+++ b/examples/examine_dwarf_info.py
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
+
+# If elftools is not installed, maybe we're running from the root or examples
+# dir of the source distribution
+try:
+    import elftools
+except ImportError:
+    sys.path.extend(['.', '..'])
+
 from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/readelf.py b/scripts/readelf.py
index c133d53..6ecac7b 100755
--- a/scripts/readelf.py
+++ b/scripts/readelf.py
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@
 from itertools import ifilter
 import string
 
-
 # If elftools is not installed, maybe we're running from the root or scripts
 # dir of the source distribution
-#
 try:
     import elftools
 except ImportError: