diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 55a7f43d441d26fcf78aead107b7957b1200075e..382b6b4eec888782ff972f5e6a781185e815833f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ setup(name='lbmpy',
       version=version,
       description='Code Generation for Lattice Boltzmann Methods',
       long_description=readme(),
+      long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
       author='Martin Bauer',
       license='AGPLv3',
       author_email='martin.bauer@fau.de',