diff --git a/README.txt b/README.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from README.txt
rename to README.rst
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 09ef80cd8b73e8f1d5be24dc07cd73412ed65b6a..3d4d5b51b6c9e9352d1d005cd015570cab3d067f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 execfile(os.path.join(here, 'sqlalchemy_pervasive', '_version.py'))
 
-README = open(os.path.join(here, 'README.txt')).read()
+README = open(os.path.join(here, 'README.rst')).read()
 CHANGES = open(os.path.join(here, 'CHANGES.rst')).read()