diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 894018a1b1e..d3ef571a9a3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     install_requires=install_requires,
     python_requires=">=3.6",
     packages=packages,
-    package_data={},
+    package_data={"googleapiclient": ["discovery_cache/documents/*.json"]},
     license="Apache 2.0",
     keywords="google api client",
     classifiers=[