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 8897ee1..1ca6eda 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ setup(
     version = '0.0.3',
     description = 'ago: Human readable timedeltas',
     keywords = 'ago human readable time deltas timedelta datetime',
-    long_description = open('README').read(),
+    long_description = open('README.rst').read(),
 
     author = 'Russell Ballestrini',
     author_email = 'russell@ballestrini.net',