diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index c151145c..521b9c00 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ recursive-include scikits/image/data *
 include doc/Makefile
 recursive-include doc/source *.txt
 recursive-include doc/tools *.txt
-recursive-include doc/source/_templates/ *.html
+recursive-include doc/source/_templates *.html
 recursive-include doc *.py
 prune doc/build
diff --git a/scikits/image/_build.py b/scikits/image/_build.py
index 6d487eac..7802428b 100644
--- a/scikits/image/_build.py
+++ b/scikits/image/_build.py
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ def cython(pyx_files, working_path=''):
             # run cython compiler
             cmd = 'cython -o %s %s' % (c_file_new, pyxfile)
             print cmd
-            status = subprocess.call(['cython', '-o', c_file_new, pyxfile])
+            status = subprocess.call(['cython', '-o', c_file_new, pyxfile],
+                                     shell=True)
             # if the resulting file is small, cython compilation failed
             if status != 0 or os.path.getsize(c_file_new) < 100:
                 print "Cython compilation of %s failed. Falling back " \