diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 12e55e69..7640396f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ classifier =
 packages =
     rally
 
+data_files =
+    /etc/bash_completion.d =
+        tools/rally.bash_completion
+
 [entry_points]
 console_scripts =
     rally = rally.cmd.main:main
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 18696b8d..73637574 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,5 +27,4 @@ except ImportError:
 
 setuptools.setup(
     setup_requires=['pbr'],
-    data_files=[('/etc/bash_completion.d', ['tools/rally.bash_completion'])],
     pbr=True)