diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b3b5499e2..8215430ff 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
         "snakemake.remote",
         "snakemake.report",
         "snakemake.report.template",
+        "snakemake.report.template.components",
         "snakemake.report.data",
         "snakemake.common",
         "snakemake.caching",
diff --git a/snakemake/report/template/components/__init__.py b/snakemake/report/template/components/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb