diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6628039..a159732 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
+# Read the contents of README file.
+from os import path
+this_directory = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
+with open(path.join(this_directory, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
 setup(name='pylift',
       version='0.1.3',
       description='Python implementation of uplift modeling.',
@@ -14,5 +20,7 @@
             'scikit-optimize',
             'xgboost'
           ],
+      long_description=long_description,
+      long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
       packages=find_packages(),
       zip_safe=False)