diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ac408977..347824d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 - binja: use `binaryninja.load` to open files @xusheng6
 - binja: bump binja version to 3.5 #1789 @xusheng6
 - elf: better detect ELF OS via GCC .ident directives #1928 @williballenthin
+- fix setuptools package discovery #1886 @gmacon @mr-tz
 
 ### capa explorer IDA Pro plugin
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b887d08c..b9ca4413 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 version = {attr = "capa.version.__version__"}
 
-[tool.setuptools]
-packages = ["capa"]
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["capa*"]
+namespaces = false
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [