diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e47bc02..3dce6a7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     license="BSD",
     description="A build and environment analysis tool for Python",
     long_description=open("README.md").read(),
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     packages=["rafe"],
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [