1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5f2ff9a..ccde09a 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ setup(
     name='tablib',
     version=version,
     description='Format agnostic tabular data library (XLS, JSON, YAML, CSV)',
-    long_description=(open('README.rst').read() + '\n\n' +
-        open('HISTORY.rst').read()),
+    long_description=(open('README.md').read() + '\n\n' +
+        open('HISTORY.md').read()),
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     author='Kenneth Reitz',
     author_email='me@kennethreitz.org',
     url='http://python-tablib.org',