diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8b38ad0..3bceb95 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,4 +30,5 @@ setup(
     url='http://hg.hardcoded.net/send2trash/',
     license='LICENSE',
     description='Send file to trash natively under Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.',
+    long_description=open('README').read(),
 )
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