diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fe9c03a..96b79bb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -76,9 +76,13 @@ def lib(*names, **kw):
                                 'systemd/strv.c'],
                      extra_compile_args=['-std=c99', '-Werror=implicit-function-declaration'],
                      **lib('libsystemd', 'libsystemd-login', **defines))
+with open("README.md") as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
 setup (name = 'systemd-python',
        version = version,
        description = 'Python interface for libsystemd',
+       long_description=long_description,
+       long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
        author_email = 'david@davidstrauss.net',
        maintainer = 'systemd developers',
        maintainer_email = 'systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org',