diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ad957baf..f62638c4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -64,9 +64,8 @@
         'arbor': EXTRA_ARBOR,
         },
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(
-        exclude=(
-            'examples',
-        )),
+        exclude=['examples*'],
+        ),
     author="BlueBrain Project, EPFL",
     author_email="werner.vangeit@epfl.ch",
     description="Bluebrain Python Optimisation Library (bluepyopt)",