diff --git a/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/py2exe.py b/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/py2exe.py
--- a/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/py2exe.py
+++ b/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/py2exe.py
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@
     ('doc/*.html', 'doc/'),
     ('doc/style.css', 'doc/'),
     ('mercurial/helptext/**/*.txt', 'helptext/'),
+    ('mercurial/helptext/**/__init__.py', 'helptext/'),
     ('mercurial/defaultrc/*.rc', 'defaultrc/'),
+    ('mercurial/defaultrc/__init__.py', 'defaultrc/'),
     ('mercurial/locale/**/*', 'locale/'),
     ('mercurial/templates/**/*', 'Templates/'),
     ('COPYING', 'Copying.txt'),