diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f0d4e450..4da52973 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
+with open("README.md") as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
 
 setup(
     name="pylast",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     version="2.2.0.dev0",
     author="Amr Hassan <amr.hassan@gmail.com> and Contributors",
     install_requires=['six'],
+    setup_requires=['setuptools>=38.6.0', 'twine>=1.11.0', 'wheel>=0.31.0'],
     tests_require=['mock', 'pytest', 'coverage', 'pycodestyle', 'pyyaml',
                    'pyflakes', 'flaky'],
     description="A Python interface to Last.fm and Libre.fm",