diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c277bdb..a17454b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ setup(
     version=VERSION,
     description=DESCRIPTION,
     long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
+    long_description_content_type='text/x-rst',
     author='Maxime Buquet',
     author_email='pep@bouah.net',
     url='https://lab.louiz.org/poezio/slixmpp-omemo',