diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c2e82875..c5aa1af9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ install_requires =
 
 [options.packages.find]
 exclude =
-	docs*
-	tests*
+	# duplicate exclusions for pypa/setuptools#2688
+	docs
+	docs.*
+	tests
+	tests.*
 
 [options.extras_require]
 testing =