diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3361a67..1de1d45 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ where = ["."]
 include = ["repub*"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
-repub = ["sql/*.sql"]
+repub = ["sql/*.sql", "static/*.css", "static/*.js"]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 testpaths = ["tests"]
diff --git a/tests/test_packaging.py b/tests/test_packaging.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c58062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_packaging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import tomllib
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def test_pyproject_includes_static_assets_in_package_data() -> None:
+    pyproject_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "pyproject.toml"
+    config = tomllib.loads(pyproject_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+
+    package_data = config["tool"]["setuptools"]["package-data"]["repub"]
+
+    assert "sql/*.sql" in package_data
+    assert "static/*.css" in package_data
+    assert "static/*.js" in package_data