diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 23457c6f4edc1..365d387dc54d6 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ def pxd(name):
                                         'sas/data/*.sas7bdat',
                                         'data/*.html',
                                         'data/html_encoding/*.html',
-                                        'json/data/*.json'],
+                                        'json/data/*.json*'],
                     'pandas.tests.io.formats': ['data/*.csv'],
                     'pandas.tests.io.msgpack': ['data/*.mp'],
                     'pandas.tests.reshape': ['data/*.csv'],