diff --git a/crates/wasi-common/Cargo.toml b/crates/wasi-common/Cargo.toml
index aeb26807f1..e9a2262c70 100644
--- a/crates/wasi-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wasi-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ keywords = ["webassembly", "wasm"]
 repository = "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime"
 readme = "README.md"
 edition = "2018"
-include = ["src/**/*", "WASI/phases/**/*", "LICENSE", "build.rs"]
+include = ["src/**/*", "WASI/phases/**/*", "README.md", "LICENSE", "build.rs"]
 build = "build.rs"
 
 # This doesn't actually link to a native library, but it allows us to set env
diff --git a/crates/wasi-common/cap-std-sync/Cargo.toml b/crates/wasi-common/cap-std-sync/Cargo.toml
index 00ab511475..c2228015c1 100644
--- a/crates/wasi-common/cap-std-sync/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wasi-common/cap-std-sync/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ keywords = ["webassembly", "wasm"]
 repository = "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime"
 readme = "README.md"
 edition = "2018"
-include = ["src/**/*", "LICENSE" ]
+include = ["src/**/*", "README.md", "LICENSE" ]
 
 [dependencies]
 wasi-common = { path = "../", version = "0.28.0" }
diff --git a/crates/wasi/Cargo.toml b/crates/wasi/Cargo.toml
index 81cec80e08..3ba5db15fa 100644
--- a/crates/wasi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wasi/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ keywords = ["webassembly", "wasm"]
 repository = "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime"
 readme = "README.md"
 edition = "2018"
-include = ["src/**/*", "LICENSE", "build.rs"]
+include = ["src/**/*", "README.md", "LICENSE", "build.rs"]
 build = "build.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/wiggle/Cargo.toml b/crates/wiggle/Cargo.toml
index a338d9c350..139115b457 100644
--- a/crates/wiggle/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wiggle/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description = "Runtime components of wiggle code generator"
 categories = ["wasm"]
 keywords = ["webassembly", "wasm"]
 repository = "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime"
-include = ["src/**/*", "LICENSE"]
+include = ["src/**/*", "README.md", "LICENSE"]
 
 [dependencies]
 thiserror = "1"
diff --git a/crates/wiggle/generate/Cargo.toml b/crates/wiggle/generate/Cargo.toml
index 615161f404..b1f82872a4 100644
--- a/crates/wiggle/generate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wiggle/generate/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ categories = ["wasm"]
 keywords = ["webassembly", "wasm"]
 repository = "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime"
 readme = "README.md"
-include = ["src/**/*", "LICENSE"]
+include = ["src/**/*", "README.md", "LICENSE"]
 
 [lib]