diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index c871528..ad47cc1 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 include COPYING
-include README
+include README.md
 include announcement
 include ChangeLog
 include flawfinder.1*
diff --git a/flawfinder.spec b/flawfinder.spec
index a0a5cff..1ad389e 100644
--- a/flawfinder.spec
+++ b/flawfinder.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc README ChangeLog COPYING flawfinder.ps
+%doc README.md ChangeLog COPYING flawfinder.ps
 %{_bindir}/*
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index c004a47..bcdabe6 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ rpm: distribute
 	# cp -p /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/$(ARCH)/$(VERSIONEDNAME)-$(RPM_VERSION)*.rpm  $(VERSIONEDNAME)-$(RPM_VERSION).noarch.rpm
 	cp -p /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/$(ARCH)/$(VERSIONEDNAME)-$(RPM_VERSION)*.rpm  .
 	cp -p /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS/$(VERSIONEDNAME)-$(RPM_VERSION)*.src.rpm .
-	chown --reference=README *.rpm
+	chown --reference=README.md *.rpm
 	# Install, for testing.  Ignore the "not installed" message here,
 	# unless you already installed it; we're just removing any old copies:
 	-rpm -e flawfinder
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 9ff4c78..7b90e6e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [metadata]
-description-file = README
+description-file = README.md
 
 [bdist_wheel]
 universal=1
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ universal=1
 [bdist_rpm]
 release = 1
 doc_files = ChangeLog
-            README
+            README.md
             COPYING
             flawfinder.ps
             flawfinder.pdf