diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9016c938..bd96c9b8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools.command.test import test as TestCommand
 
+project_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
 if {"register", "upload"}.intersection(set(sys.argv)):
     print(
         "                        ***** WARNING *****\n"
@@ -39,6 +41,9 @@
 with open(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), "requirements.txt")) as f:
     install_requires = f.readlines()
 
+with open(os.path.join(project_dir, "README.rst")) as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
 
 class Tox(TestCommand):
     """http://bit.ly/1T0dwvG"""
@@ -71,6 +76,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
     name="scriptworker",
     version=VERSION,
     description="TaskCluster Script Worker",
+    long_description=long_description,
     author="Mozilla Release Engineering",
     author_email="release+python@mozilla.com",
     url="https://github.com/mozilla-releng/scriptworker",