diff --git a/internal/inspect/detectors/pyshiny.go b/internal/inspect/detectors/pyshiny.go
index fb5df666c..55485d25f 100644
--- a/internal/inspect/detectors/pyshiny.go
+++ b/internal/inspect/detectors/pyshiny.go
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ func (d *pyShinyDetector) InferType(base util.AbsolutePath, entrypoint util.Rela
 		} else {
 			cfg.Entrypoint = relEntrypoint.String()
 		}
+		cfg.Files = append(cfg.Files, relEntrypoint.String())
+
 		cfg.Type = config.ContentTypePythonShiny
 		// indicate that Python inspection is needed
 		cfg.Python = &config.Python{}
diff --git a/internal/inspect/detectors/pyshiny_test.go b/internal/inspect/detectors/pyshiny_test.go
index 1c5110bb3..00c40575c 100644
--- a/internal/inspect/detectors/pyshiny_test.go
+++ b/internal/inspect/detectors/pyshiny_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (s *PyShinySuite) TestInferType() {
 		Type:       config.ContentTypePythonShiny,
 		Entrypoint: filename,
 		Validate:   true,
-		Files:      []string{},
+		Files:      []string{filename},
 		Python:     &config.Python{},
 	}, configs[0])
 }
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (s *PyShinySuite) TestInferTypeShinyExpress() {
 		Type:       config.ContentTypePythonShiny,
 		Entrypoint: "shiny.express.app:app_2e_py",
 		Validate:   true,
-		Files:      []string{},
+		Files:      []string{filename},
 		Python:     &config.Python{},
 	}, configs[0])
 }
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (s *PyShinySuite) TestInferTypeWithEntrypoint() {
 		Type:       config.ContentTypePythonShiny,
 		Entrypoint: filename,
 		Validate:   true,
-		Files:      []string{},
+		Files:      []string{filename},
 		Python:     &config.Python{},
 	}, configs[0])
 }
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (s *PyShinySuite) TestInferTypeWithExtraFile() {
 		Type:       config.ContentTypePythonShiny,
 		Entrypoint: filename,
 		Validate:   true,
-		Files:      []string{},
+		Files:      []string{filename},
 		Python:     &config.Python{},
 	}, configs[0])
 }