diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 41b4b90..eba5109 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
     name='pusher',
     version=VERSION,
     description='A Python library to interract with the Pusher Channels API',
+    long_description='A Python library to interract with the Pusher Channels API',
+    long_description_type='text/x-rst',
     url='https://github.com/pusher/pusher-http-python',
     author='Pusher',
     author_email='support@pusher.com',