diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f57f4f5..2243136 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from os.path import join, dirname
 
 HISTORY = join(dirname(__file__), 'HISTORY.txt')
-README = join(dirname(__file__), 'src', 'fcrepo', 'README.txt')
+README = join(dirname(__file__), 'README.rst')
 
 setup(
     name='fcrepo',