diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 244b3328d6a79970c7520d78b89f642a69590501..534b54600aabda43b8fbb32e918c8b1e591b3f70 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-include LICENSE OWNERS README
+include LICENSE OWNERS README.rst
 include chkcrontab
 include chkcrontab_lib.py
 include setup.py
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a6dcc2709f73d43342a804ac4d1776f5127d1ae5..668eff87e3ceaf4cebab5e5e443e69495d4005f7 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ setup(
     author='Kevin Lyda',
     author_email='lyda@google.com',
     description='A tool to detect crontab errors',
-    long_description=open('README').read(),
+    long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
     py_modules=['chkcrontab_lib'],
     scripts=['chkcrontab'],
     keywords='check lint crontab',