diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index f6bc8d0..192afe6 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ include python/minimap2.c
 include python/cminimap2.h
 include python/cminimap2.pxd
 include python/minimap2.pyx
-include python/README.md
+include python/README.rst
diff --git a/python/cminimap2.pxd b/python/cminimap2.pxd
index 089ffb7..f371427 100644
--- a/python/cminimap2.pxd
+++ b/python/cminimap2.pxd
@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@ cdef extern from "cminimap2.h":
 		int8_t strand, trans_strand
 		int32_t n_cigar32
 		uint32_t *cigar32
-	
+
 	void mm_reg2hitpy(const mm_idx_t *mi, mm_reg1_t *r, mm_hitpy_t *h)
 	void mm_free_reg1(mm_reg1_t *r)
diff --git a/python/minimap2.pyx b/python/minimap2.pyx
index b2ee770..399ce9c 100644
--- a/python/minimap2.pyx
+++ b/python/minimap2.pyx
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ cdef class Aligner:
 			self._idx = cminimap2.mm_idx_reader_read(r, n_threads) # NB: ONLY read the first part
 			cminimap2.mm_idx_reader_close(r)
 			cminimap2.mm_mapopt_update(&self.map_opt, self._idx)
-	
+
 	def __dealloc__(self):
 		if self._idx is not NULL:
 			cminimap2.mm_idx_destroy(self._idx)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d041d9e..b15c31e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,11 +17,16 @@ else: # with Cython
 import sys
 sys.path.append('python')
 
+def readme():
+    with open('python/README.rst') as f:
+        return f.read()
+
 setup(
 	name = 'minimap2',
 	version = '2.2rc',
 	url = 'https://github.com/lh3/minimap2',
 	description = 'Minimap2 python binding',
+	long_description = readme(),
 	author = 'Heng Li',
 	author_email = 'lh3@me.com',
 	license = 'MIT',