diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 75fe49fb0..c7716b56e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 prune test
 
 # Include documentation.
-include LICENSE NEWS README
+include LICENSE NEWS 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 9bf809296..60abcb321 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ setup(name='beets',
       url='http://beets.radbox.org/',
       license='MIT',
       platforms='ALL',
-      long_description=_read('README'),
+      long_description=_read('README.rst'),
       test_suite='test.testall.suite',
 
       packages=[