diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index e659871..d50e4e0 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-include LICENSE README AUTHORS
+include LICENSE README.rst AUTHORS
 recursive-include markupsafe *.c
diff --git a/README b/README.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from README
rename to README.rst
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8bd8164..3bb9648 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
             raise BuildFailed()
 
 
-description = open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README')).read()
+readme = open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.rst')).read()
 
 
 def run_setup(with_binary):
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         author='Armin Ronacher',
         author_email='armin.ronacher@active-4.com',
         description='Implements a XML/HTML/XHTML Markup safe string for Python',
-        long_description=description,
+        long_description=readme,
         zip_safe=False,
         classifiers=[
             'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',