diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index da3ecd8..59f1669 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include ChangeLog
 include LICENSE
-include README.rst
+include readme.md
 
 # added by check-manifest
 include *.yml
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 66a9a12..c059757 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def find_version(file_paths):
     name="robotframework-debug",
     version=find_version("RobotDebug/version.py"),
     description="RobotFramework debug shell",
-    long_description=Path("README.rst").read_text(),
+    long_description=Path("readme.md").read_text(),
     long_description_content_type=("text/x-rst"),
     author="René Rohner",
     author_email="snooz@postoe.de",