diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index acadd4d..56c7b4b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ def find_version(*file_paths):
     version=version,
     description=u"Minimalistic set of image reader agnostic tools to easily iterate over large images",
     long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     author="vfdev-5",
     author_email="vfdev.5@gmail.com",
     url="https://github.com/vfdev-5/ImageTilingUtils",