diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 603666e..78ccccf 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-include README.rst
+include README.md
 include LICENSE
 include docs/_build/html/*
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from README.rst
rename to README.md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a186b4e..8c45256 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 def readme():
-    with open('README.rst') as f:
+    with open('README.md') as f:
         return f.read()
 
 setup(name='pyad2',