diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 629d1bc37a0d6c48c9a75b8309cb544ad0c124d6_TUFOSUZFU1QuaW4=..3f51e9638e228518b89328183785933ed22d0b22_TUFOSUZFU1QuaW4= 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 recursive-include data *.gif *.png *.ico *.css *.js
 recursive-include i18n *.po
 recursive-include wdoc *
+include README.rst
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 629d1bc37a0d6c48c9a75b8309cb544ad0c124d6_c2V0dXAucHk=..3f51e9638e228518b89328183785933ed22d0b22_c2V0dXAucHk= 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 from __pkginfo__ import modname, version, license, description, web, \
      author, author_email, classifiers
 
-if exists('README'):
-    long_description = file('README').read()
+if exists('README.rst'):
+    long_description = file('README.rst').read()
 else:
     long_description = ''