diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 485fc0a..e63d839 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
 
 include requirements.txt
 include README.rst
-recursive-include osm_mon *.py *.xml
+recursive-include osm_mon *.py *.xml *.sh
 recursive-include devops-stages *
 recursive-include test *.py
diff --git a/osm_mon/test/.gitkeep b/osm_mon/test/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index f155af6..0000000
--- a/osm_mon/test/.gitkeep
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2017 Intel Research and Development Ireland Limited
-# *************************************************************
-
-# This file is part of OSM Monitoring module
-# All Rights Reserved to Intel Corporation
-
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-# a copy of the License at
-
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-
-# For those usages not covered by the Apache License, Version 2.0 please
-# contact: prithiv.mohan@intel.com or adrian.hoban@intel.com
-
-#gitkeep file to keep the initial empty directory structure.