diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from CHANGES.txt
rename to CHANGES.rst
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index ab30e9aceec1669b047b51ca747345ce2f555354..3a6a904e9bc6c594cff2f06535cb8b55a38f7bb3 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 include *.txt
+include *.rst
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3f9d53772f2f5dfa03781ee1888175b13c11c219..54c5b34b2f73e9ddf1786ba7070230f2b8d21fa5 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, 'rattail', '_version.py'))
 README = open(os.path.join(here, 'README.txt')).read()
-CHANGES = open(os.path.join(here, 'CHANGES.txt')).read()
+CHANGES = open(os.path.join(here, 'CHANGES.rst')).read()
 
 
 requires = [