diff --git a/CITATION b/CITATION
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..616076a6dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CITATION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+astroquery/CITATION
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index d131c89c1a..8bdf3638c3 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ include LICENSE.rst
 include README.rst
 include CHANGES.rst
 include CITATION
+include astroquery/CITATION
 include astroquery/splatalogue/data/*
 
 include ez_setup.py
diff --git a/astroquery/setup_package.py b/astroquery/setup_package.py
index 75c231ef63..6504e87535 100644
--- a/astroquery/setup_package.py
+++ b/astroquery/setup_package.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 
 
 def get_package_data():
-    return {'astroquery': ['astroquery.cfg']}
+    return {'astroquery': ['astroquery.cfg', 'CITATION']}