diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3830287fe3..759c3ce0fc 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -104,4 +104,5 @@ setup(
     ],
     scripts=['bin/heat',
              'bin/heat-api'],
+    data_files=[('/etc/heat', ['etc/heat-api.conf', 'etc/heat-api-paste.ini'])],
     py_modules=[])