diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index b0cff351..01917008 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ include *.js
 include *.json
 include *.lock
 include *.txt
+include *.yaml
diff --git a/instance.yaml b/instance.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45e257d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instance.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+# This is a cookiecutter configuration context file for
+#
+#   cookiecutter-zope-instance
+#
+# available options are documented at
+# https://github.com/bluedynamics/cookiecutter-zope-instance/
+#
+# read also README_MAKE.md in this folder
+#
+default_context:
+    wsgi_http_listen: localhost:8080
+    initial_user_name: admin
+    initial_user_password: admin
+    db_storage: direct