diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 10042279a446..344fcf94d0cf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ def run(self):
     )) + (
         # Don't want to grab this accidentally
         os.path.join('mypyc', 'lib-rt', 'setup.py'),
+        # Uses __file__ at top level https://github.com/mypyc/mypyc/issues/700
+        os.path.join('mypyc', '__main__.py'),
     )
 
     everything = (