diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 010f71e..fab63b5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,11 +3,19 @@
 
 from setuptools import setup
 
+try:
+    from pypandoc import convert
+    read_md = lambda f: convert(f, 'rst')
+except ImportError:
+    print("warning: pypandoc module not found, could not convert Markdown to RST")
+    read_md = lambda f: open(f, 'r').read()
+
+
 setup(name='prosopopee',
       version='0.1',
       description='excposure.co clone in a static web generating tool',
       author='Laurent Peuch',
-      #long_description='',
+      long_description=read_md('README.md'),
       author_email='cortex@worlddomination.be',
       url='https://github.com/Psycojoker/prosopopee',
       install_requires=open("./requirements.txt", "r").read().split(),