diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 429569146..8deb845b3 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ find_links=misc/dependencies tahoe-deps ../tahoe-deps
 [aliases]
 build = darcsver --count-all-patches develop --prefix=support make_executable build
 test = build trial
+sdist = darcsver --count-all-patches sdist