diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 26cd11d..1ab53ac 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-include CHANGELOG INSTALL LICENSE MANIFEST.in README AUTHORS
+include CHANGELOG INSTALL LICENSE MANIFEST.in README.rst AUTHORS
 recursive-include docs *
 recursive-include admin_tools/locale *
 recursive-include admin_tools/static *
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8bc0263..28b2460 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ long_desc = '''
 %s
 
 %s
-''' % (open('README').read(), open('CHANGELOG').read())
+''' % (open('README.rst').read(), open('CHANGELOG').read())
 
 setup(
     name='django-admin-tools',