diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b011264e..53b7f014 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     name="distopia",
     version=versioneer.get_version(),
     cmdclass=versioneer.get_cmdclass(),
+    long_description_content_type = "text/markdown",
     description=description,
     long_description=long_description,
     author=['Hugo MacDermott-Opeskin', "Richard Gowers"],