diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb3ec5f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include README.md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 75e23255..03bb0b3c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,16 +14,11 @@ if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
     requirements.append('argparse>=1.2.1')
 
 
-try:
-    long_description = open('README.md').read()
-except IOError:
-    long_description = ''
-
-
 setup(
-    name='httpie',version=httpie.__version__,
+    name='httpie',
+    version=httpie.__version__,
     description=httpie.__doc__.strip(),
-    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description=open('README.md').read(),
     url='http://httpie.org/',
     download_url='https://github.com/jkbr/httpie',
     author=httpie.__author__,