diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 0eee931..c1c5e67 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-or-later OR BSD-2-Clause)
 
 global-exclude *
-include README
+include README.md
 include GPL
 include BSD-2-Clause
 include setup.py
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a8e54a3..e82a832 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import sys
 
 srcdir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 
-with open(os.path.join(srcdir, "README"), "r") as fh:
+with open(os.path.join(srcdir, "README.md"), "r") as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
 
 def get_top_builddir():