diff --git a/rever.xsh b/rever.xsh
index e8c4bc39f..ce329f52f 100644
--- a/rever.xsh
+++ b/rever.xsh
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ $ACTIVITIES = ['authors', 'version_bump', 'changelog', 'pytest', 'appimage',
                'conda_forge',
                ]
 $PYPI_SIGN = False
+$PYPI_BUILD_COMMANDS = ("sdist", "bdist_wheel")
 
 $AUTHORS_FILENAME = "AUTHORS.rst"
 $VERSION_BUMP_PATTERNS = [