diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.core/build.properties b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.core/build.properties
index a57d4d0a106..73bc813a3d2 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.core/build.properties
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.core/build.properties
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 bin.includes = META-INF/,\
                about.html,\
                plugin.properties,\
-               .
+               .,\
+               plugin.xml
 source.. = src/
 output.. = bin/
 src.includes = about.html