diff --git a/MANIFEST.MF b/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ff8755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Main-Class: org.usadellab.trimmomatic.Trimmomatic
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index ddb610f..126bab3 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 		</zip>
 		
 		<zip destfile="${dist}/Trimmomatic-Src-${version}.zip">
-		    <zipfileset dir="." includes="src/**/*,adapters/**/*,distSrc/**/*,lib/**/*,build.xml,versionHistory.txt" prefix="trimmomatic-${version}/"/>
+		    <zipfileset dir="." includes="src/**/*,adapters/**/*,distSrc/**/*,lib/**/*,build.xml,versionHistory.txt,MANIFEST.MF" prefix="trimmomatic-${version}/"/>
 		</zip>
 
 	</target>