diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ea6b18aef365104872f1f8dbe31f9b5d735fc416..d1a17d52b4efa43dbc6a7f6c109a5a6eea560726 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
     description='',
     long_description=long_description,
     # http://docutils.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html#what-s-the-official-mime-type-for-restructuredtext-data
-    long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     url='',
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(where='src'),
     package_dir={'': 'src'},