diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb3ec5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include README.md
diff --git a/README b/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from README
rename to README.md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 25892af..b533288 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 
 # Get the long description from the README file
-with open(path.join(here, 'README'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+with open(path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
 setup(