diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittests.yaml b/.github/workflows/unittests.yaml
index 325a409..e9ad1e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unittests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittests.yaml
@@ -136,3 +136,31 @@ jobs:
           perl Makefile.PL
           make -j4
           make test
+
+  test_dist:
+    name: Test dist file
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        clean: false
+        show-progress: false
+
+    - name: Build dist file
+      run: |
+        perl Makefile.PL
+        make -j4 dist
+
+    - name: unpack dist file
+      run: |
+        tar xfz Config-General-*.tar.gz
+        rm -f Config-General-*.tar.gz
+        cd Config-General-*
+
+    - name: Run tests in dist
+      run: |
+        perl Makefile.PL
+        make -j4 test
+      
diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 725b31d..c205ec5 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -9,35 +9,38 @@ META.yml
 README
 t/apache-include.conf
 t/apache-include-opt.conf
-t/notincluded.conf.not
+t/cfg.2
+t/cfg.3
+t/cfg.4
+t/cfg.5
+t/cfg.6
+t/cfg.7
+t/cfg.8
 t/cfg.16
 t/cfg.16a
 t/cfg.17
 t/cfg.19
-t/cfg.2
 t/cfg.20.a
 t/cfg.20.b
 t/cfg.20.c
-t/cfg.3
 t/cfg.34
 t/cfg.39
-t/cfg.4
 t/cfg.40
 t/cfg.41
 t/cfg.42
 t/cfg.43
 t/cfg.45
 t/cfg.46
-t/cfg.5
-t/cfg.6
-t/cfg.7
-t/cfg.8
+t/cfg.51
 t/cfg.55
+t/cfg.58
+t/cfg.59
+t/complex.cfg
 t/complex/n1.cfg
 t/complex/n2.cfg
-t/complex.cfg
 t/dual-include.conf
 t/included.conf
+t/notincluded.conf.not
 t/run.t
 t/sub1/cfg.sub1
 t/sub1/cfg.sub1b
@@ -50,8 +53,5 @@ t/sub1/sub2/sub3/cfg.sub3
 t/test.rc
 t/Tie/IxHash.pm
 t/Tie/README
-t/cfg.51
 t/utf8_bom/bar.cfg
 t/utf8_bom/foo.cfg
-t/cfg.58
-t/cfg.59