diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d3c4fe0cb35ce..05b7975cbc0a8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ zip_safe = False
 pandas_plotting_backends =
     matplotlib = pandas:plotting._matplotlib
 
+[options.exclude_package_data]
+* =
+    *.c
+    *.h
+
 [options.extras_require]
 test =
     hypothesis>=5.5.3