diff --git a/MANIFEST.SKIP b/MANIFEST.SKIP
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71598f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+\bRCS\b
+\bCVS\b
+^MANIFEST\.
+^Makefile$
+~$
+\.old$
+^blib/
+^pm_to_blib
+^MakeMaker-\d
+\.gz$
+\.cvsignore
+\.shipit
+^t/9\d_.*\.t
+\.svn
+\.git
+^doc/
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 13ac6c7..9499477 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ configure_requires 'File::Slurp';
 requires 'File::ShareDir';
 
 install_script 'cppref';
+mkdir 'doc';
 install_share 'doc';
 
 auto_include;