diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e8911979b9da67c7a0961d6ae7c9ea08824d7028..52a82c7000752e36cf36d3b759dd6bd898ed5b10 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ homepage = "https://www.parity.io/"
 description = "Setup and deployment tool for developing Wasm based smart contracts via ink!"
 keywords = ["wasm", "parity", "webassembly", "blockchain", "edsl"]
 categories = ["command-line-utilities", "development-tools::build-utils", "development-tools::cargo-plugins"]
-include = ["Cargo.toml", "src/**/*.rs", "README.md", "LICENSE", "build.rs", "templates"]
+include = ["Cargo.toml", "src/**/*.rs", "README.md", "LICENSE", "build.rs", "templates", "src/**/*.scale"]
 
 [dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 513df6cca96419087a907611a31e7dc73284bd9a..f7085a3bcda5b1a37307283fa93530d81aea8aaa 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -122,7 +122,24 @@ fn build_and_zip_dylint_driver(
     out_dir: PathBuf,
     dylint_driver_dst_file: PathBuf,
 ) -> Result<()> {
-    let ink_dylint_driver_dir = manifest_dir.join("ink_linting");
+    let mut ink_dylint_driver_dir = manifest_dir.join("ink_linting");
+
+    // The following condition acocunts for the case when `cargo package` or
+    // `cargo publish` is used. In that case the `CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR` is actually
+    // of the form `cargo-contract/target/package/cargo-contract-0.18.0/`.
+    // But since the `ink_linting/` folder is not part of the `cargo-contract`
+    // project it would not be found in this `CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR`.
+    if !ink_dylint_driver_dir.exists() {
+        println!(
+            "Folder `ink_linting` not found at {:?}",
+            ink_dylint_driver_dir
+        );
+        ink_dylint_driver_dir = manifest_dir.join("../../../ink_linting/");
+        println!(
+            "Added a relative path to reference the `ink_linting` folder at: {:?}",
+            ink_dylint_driver_dir
+        );
+    }
 
     let mut cmd = Command::new("cargo");