diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd541aa02a9f787da57e2a5b483ce3d5639caab0..dc39a71add933f74384e08aad914382507703696 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ Tests
 
 To run the tests, install `pytest` and `pytest-cov`, and then run:
 
-       python setup.py test
+    python setup.py test
 
 A code coverage report will be generated in `htmlcov/`.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 246320837ffdb49671f62dc46934ec7cf5765dea..77fba29f8e5c31368f1ce333962e33e91cd4da7a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ with open(op.join(basedir, "fsl", "version.py")) as f:
             exec(line, version)
             break 
 
+with open(op.join(basedir, 'README.md'), 'rt') as f:
+    readme = f.read()
+
 
 class doc(Command):
     """Build the API documentation. """
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@ setup(
     version=version['__version__'],
 
     description='FSL Python library',
+    long_description=readme,
 
     url='https://git.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/paulmc/fslpy',