diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,16 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from distutils.core import setup
 
+# read the contents of your README file
+from os import path
+from io import open
+this_directory = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
+with open(path.join(this_directory, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
 setup(name='blockcypher',
+      long_description=long_description,
+      long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
       version='1.0.80',
       description='BlockCypher Python Library',
       author='Michael Flaxman',
@@ -17,5 +26,5 @@ setup(name='blockcypher',
           ],
       packages=['blockcypher'],
       include_package_data=True,
-      package_data={"": ["LICENSE"]},
+      package_data={"": ["LICENSE"]}
       )
Readme (#<I>)

* Add readme.md on Pypi