diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7d6ab93..4fb57d3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -55,3 +55,4 @@ coverage.xml
 # Sphinx documentation
 docs/_build/
 
+README.rst
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 12871ff..595999b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [metadata]
-description-file=README.md
+description-file=README.rst
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 913d059..7f6cf08 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 
 def readme():
     try:
-        with open('README.md') as f:
+        os.system('pandoc --from=markdown --to=rst README.md -o README.rst')
+        with open('README.rst') as f:
             return f.read()
     except:
         return 'Automantic compress files after upload'