diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 2720cd5..c7a8b83 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 include AUTHORS
-include README.txt
+include README.md
 include LICENSE.txt
 include CHANGES.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from README.txt
rename to README.md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 315de5e..92c405c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     'Topic :: System :: Filesystems',
 ]
 
-with open('README.txt', 'r') as f:
+with open('README.md', 'r') as f:
     long_desc = f.read()