diff --git a/libbtrfsutil/python/README.md b/libbtrfsutil/python/README.md
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..32d46ee88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libbtrfsutil/python/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../README.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libbtrfsutil/python/setup.py b/libbtrfsutil/python/setup.py
index 941c3a963..66aa23572 100755
--- a/libbtrfsutil/python/setup.py
+++ b/libbtrfsutil/python/setup.py
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ def run(self):
     #version=get_version(),
     version='6.12',
     description='Library for managing Btrfs filesystems',
+    long_description=open('README.md').read(),
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     url='https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs',
     license='LGPLv2+',
     cmdclass={'build_ext': my_build_ext},