diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 261d6be0..9617ef88 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ def read_to_rst(fname):
     except ImportError:
         return read(fname)
 
+read_to_rst('README.md')
+
 version_dummy = {}
 exec(read('GPy/__version__.py'), version_dummy)
 __version__ = version_dummy['__version__']