diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 9912ce1..71971b5 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 recursive-include libjpeg/src *
+exclude libjpeg/src/config.log
+exclude libjpeg/src/config.status
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3db2390..3599e12 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -120,9 +120,11 @@ def get_source_files():
     )
     extra_compile_args = get_mscv_args()
 elif platform.system() in ['Darwin', 'Linux']:
-    opts = get_gcc_args()
-    extra_compile_args += opts['ADDOPTS']
-    extra_link_args += opts['EXTRA_LIBS']
+    # Skip configuration if running with `sdist`
+    if 'sdist' not in sys.argv:
+        opts = get_gcc_args()
+        extra_compile_args += opts['ADDOPTS']
+        extra_link_args += opts['EXTRA_LIBS']
 
 
 extensions = [