diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6bbef5d..e8e4143 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ except (ImportError, SyntaxError):
 try:
     import pypandoc
     LONG_DESC = pypandoc.convert("README.md", "rst")
-except(IOError, ImportError):
+except(IOError, ImportError, RuntimeError):
     LONG_DESC = open('README.md').read()