diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 650afd8ada376915a6a87b4535f5db63169f7552..5502f70f1dfaaaa34ee3411272b1dcaf426731eb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ setup(name='lbmpy_walberla',
       version=version_number_from_git(),
       description='Code Generation for Lattice Boltzmann Methods in the walberla framework',
       long_description=readme(),
+      long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
       author='Martin Bauer',
       license='AGPLv3',
       author_email='martin.bauer@fau.de',