diff --git a/src/Commands/Package.php b/src/Commands/Package.php
index 9c70804..1ba21ac 100644
--- a/src/Commands/Package.php
+++ b/src/Commands/Package.php
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ public function getDistfilesLines( string $source ): array {
 	 */
 	public function getDistincludeLines( string $source ): array {
 		$include      = [];
-		$include_file = '.pup-include';
+		$include_file = '.pup-distinclude';
 
 		if ( ! file_exists( $source . $include_file ) ) {
 			return [];
diff --git a/tests/cli/Commands/PackageCest.php b/tests/cli/Commands/PackageCest.php
index 9f94fd9..275eff7 100644
--- a/tests/cli/Commands/PackageCest.php
+++ b/tests/cli/Commands/PackageCest.php
@@ -162,21 +162,27 @@ public function it_should_package_the_zip_and_ignore_files_from_distignore_and_g
 	/**
 	 * @test
 	 */
-	public function it_should_package_the_zip_and_include_files_in_distinclude( CliTester $I ) {
+	public function it_should_use_distinclude_as_a_filter_for_candidate_files( CliTester $I ) {
 		$this->reset_data_and_location();
 		$this->write_default_puprc();
 
 		chdir( $this->tests_root . '/_data/fake-project' );
 
-		file_put_contents( '.distinclude', ".puprc\n" );
+		// .distinclude with bootstrap.php means only bootstrap.php is a candidate.
+		file_put_contents( '.distinclude', "bootstrap.php\n" );
 
 		$I->runShellCommand( "php {$this->pup} package 1.0.0" );
 
 		system( 'unzip -d .pup-zip/ fake-project.1.0.0.zip' );
 
-		$I->runShellCommand( "ls -a .pup-zip" );
-
+		$I->runShellCommand( "find .pup-zip/fake-project -type f | sort" );
 		$output = $I->grabShellOutput();
+
+		// bootstrap.php passes the include filter
+		$I->assertStringContainsString( 'bootstrap.php', $output );
+		// other-file.php is excluded because it doesn't match .distinclude
+		$I->assertStringNotContainsString( 'other-file.php', $output );
+
 		$this->assertMatchesStringSnapshot( $output );
 
 		$I->runShellCommand( "php {$this->pup} clean" );
@@ -186,23 +192,27 @@ public function it_should_package_the_zip_and_include_files_in_distinclude( CliT
 	/**
 	 * @test
 	 */
-	public function it_should_package_the_zip_and_include_files_in_distinclude_even_if_in_distignore_and_gitattributes( CliTester $I ) {
+	public function it_should_not_let_distinclude_override_distignore_and_gitattributes( CliTester $I ) {
 		$this->reset_data_and_location();
 		$this->write_default_puprc();
 
 		chdir( $this->tests_root . '/_data/fake-project' );
 
-		file_put_contents( '.distinclude', ".puprc\n" );
-		file_put_contents( '.distignore', ".puprc\n" );
-		file_put_contents( '.gitattributes', ".puprc export-ignore\n" );
+		// .distinclude allows bootstrap.php, but .distignore and .gitattributes exclude it.
+		file_put_contents( '.distinclude', "bootstrap.php\n" );
+		file_put_contents( '.distignore', "bootstrap.php\n" );
+		file_put_contents( '.gitattributes', "bootstrap.php export-ignore\n" );
 
 		$I->runShellCommand( "php {$this->pup} package 1.0.0" );
 
 		system( 'unzip -d .pup-zip/ fake-project.1.0.0.zip' );
 
-		$I->runShellCommand( "ls -a .pup-zip" );
-
+		$I->runShellCommand( "find .pup-zip/fake-project | sort" );
 		$output = $I->grabShellOutput();
+
+		// bootstrap.php should NOT be present — ignore rules still apply despite .distinclude
+		$I->assertStringNotContainsString( 'bootstrap.php', $output );
+
 		$this->assertMatchesStringSnapshot( $output );
 
 		$I->runShellCommand( "php {$this->pup} clean" );
diff --git a/tests/cli/Commands/__snapshots__/PackageCest__it_should_not_let_distinclude_override_distignore_and_gitattributes__0.snapshot.txt b/tests/cli/Commands/__snapshots__/PackageCest__it_should_not_let_distinclude_override_distignore_and_gitattributes__0.snapshot.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..494ed5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cli/Commands/__snapshots__/PackageCest__it_should_not_let_distinclude_override_distignore_and_gitattributes__0.snapshot.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.pup-zip/fake-project
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/cli/Commands/__snapshots__/PackageCest__it_should_package_the_zip_and_include_files_in_distinclude__0.snapshot.txt b/tests/cli/Commands/__snapshots__/PackageCest__it_should_package_the_zip_and_include_files_in_distinclude__0.snapshot.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b039e05..0000000
--- a/tests/cli/Commands/__snapshots__/PackageCest__it_should_package_the_zip_and_include_files_in_distinclude__0.snapshot.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-.
-..
-fake-project
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/cli/Commands/__snapshots__/PackageCest__it_should_package_the_zip_and_include_files_in_distinclude_even_if_in_distignore_and_gitattributes__0.snapshot.txt b/tests/cli/Commands/__snapshots__/PackageCest__it_should_package_the_zip_and_include_files_in_distinclude_even_if_in_distignore_and_gitattributes__0.snapshot.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b039e05..0000000
--- a/tests/cli/Commands/__snapshots__/PackageCest__it_should_package_the_zip_and_include_files_in_distinclude_even_if_in_distignore_and_gitattributes__0.snapshot.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-.
-..
-fake-project
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/cli/Commands/__snapshots__/PackageCest__it_should_use_distinclude_as_a_filter_for_candidate_files__0.snapshot.txt b/tests/cli/Commands/__snapshots__/PackageCest__it_should_use_distinclude_as_a_filter_for_candidate_files__0.snapshot.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1f7c55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cli/Commands/__snapshots__/PackageCest__it_should_use_distinclude_as_a_filter_for_candidate_files__0.snapshot.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.pup-zip/fake-project/bootstrap.php
\ No newline at end of file