diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 603424e..242b0d2 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-include README.rst
+include README.md
 recursive-include papertrail/templates *
 recursive-include papertrail/templatetags *
 recursive-include papertrail/migrations *
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e291d91..bedee69 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 from setuptools import setup
 
-with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.rst')) as readme:
+with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.md')) as readme:
     README = readme.read()
 
 # allow setup.py to be run from any path