diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 9561fb1..bb3ec5f 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include README.rst
+include README.md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e18473a..6654edf 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
 # Import the README and use it as the long-description.
 # Note: this will only work if 'README.rst' is present in your MANIFEST.in file!
-with io.open(os.path.join(here, 'README.rst'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+with io.open(os.path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
     long_description = '\n' + f.read()
 
 # Load the package's __version__.py module as a dictionary.