diff --git a/tools/pylint-extensions/pylint-guidelines-checker/MANIFEST.in b/tools/pylint-extensions/pylint-guidelines-checker/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..24886bbc5cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/pylint-extensions/pylint-guidelines-checker/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+recursive-include tests *.py
+include *.md
+include __init__.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/pylint-extensions/pylint-guidelines-checker/setup.py b/tools/pylint-extensions/pylint-guidelines-checker/setup.py
index 270722d34f0..6e3ff25b54c 100644
--- a/tools/pylint-extensions/pylint-guidelines-checker/setup.py
+++ b/tools/pylint-extensions/pylint-guidelines-checker/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
+
+with open('README.md', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    readme = f.read()
+
 setup(
     name="pylint-guidelines-checker",
     version="0.0.8",
@@ -9,4 +13,7 @@
     author='Microsoft Corporation',
     author_email='azpysdkhelp@microsoft.com',
     py_modules=['pylint_guidelines_checker'],
+    long_description=readme,
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
+    python_requires=">=3.7",
 )