diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 307a9af..fb434f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -34,3 +34,25 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Run tests
       run: ./ci/script.sh
+  verify_package:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os:
+          [
+            ubuntu-latest,
+            windows-latest,
+            macos-15,
+            macos-15-intel,
+            ubuntu-24.04-arm,
+            windows-11-arm,
+          ]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install Rust
+        run: |
+          rustup toolchain install stable
+          rustup default stable
+      - name: Verify that the package includes all necessary files
+        run: cargo +stable package --all-features
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 40a3549..ed6fe42 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ name = "libfuzzer-sys"
 readme = "./README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-fuzz/libfuzzer"
 version = "0.4.10"
+exclude = [
+    ".github",
+    "ci",
+    "libfuzzer/CMakeLists.txt", # no cmake used
+    "libfuzzer/build.sh", # we use the cc crate for building
+    "libfuzzer/scripts/unbalanced_allocs.py",
+    "libfuzzer/standalone/StandaloneFuzzTargetMain.c", # that's the main function, we don't want it
+    "libfuzzer/tests/CMakeLists.txt",
+    "rust-toolchain", # downstream crates will ignore it anyway
+    "update-libfuzzer.sh", # there is no need for downstream crates to execute this script
+]
 
 [dependencies]
 arbitrary = "1"