diff --git a/custom_templates/setup.mustache b/custom_templates/setup.mustache
index 5914f540..9299b1e5 100644
--- a/custom_templates/setup.mustache
+++ b/custom_templates/setup.mustache
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ setup(
     install_requires=REQUIRES,
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["test", "tests"]),
     include_package_data=True,
-    long_description=long_description
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown'
 )
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0b8fc54c..e76160f5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,5 +40,6 @@
     install_requires=REQUIRES,
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["test", "tests"]),
     include_package_data=True,
-    long_description=long_description
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown'
 )