diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4aff8c2..d6e5404 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 setup(
     name='sphinx-confluence',
     description='Atlassian Confluence extension for sphinx',
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     long_description=long_description,
     version='0.0.4',
     author='Arello Mobile',