diff --git a/README.rst b/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from README.rst
rename to README.md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 22306e4..8fcbd26 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import pandarize
 
 VERSION = pandarize.__version__
-with open('README.rst', 'r') as f:
+with open('README.md', 'r') as f:
     README = f.read()
 
 setup(