diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0dfb85083c5946fc4ed93acac72ce745cd26b797..974b446f15f56991310ddc74e180971a376ee6c2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ setup(
     url='https://github.com/jborean93/smbprotocol',
     description='Interact with a server using the SMB 2/3 Protocol',
     long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     keywords='smb smb2 smb3 cifs python',
     license='MIT',
     classifiers=[