diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dbefd0d..4287b28 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 from setuptools.extension import Extension
 from Cython.Distutils import build_ext
 
+from distutils.command.install import INSTALL_SCHEMES
+for scheme in INSTALL_SCHEMES.values():
+    scheme['data'] = scheme['purelib']
+
 import numpy
 
 version = '0.1'
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@
       ext_modules=ext_modules,
       include_dirs=numpy.get_include(),
       include_package_data=True,
+      package_data={'pymclevel': ['*.yaml']},
       zip_safe=False,
       install_requires=install_requires,
       cmdclass={'build_ext': build_ext},