diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5a62309..b291bd3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ setup(
     description= (
         'a rather simple echo irc bot to stand as a simple example of how '
         'this could be done.'),
+    long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
 )