diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 41e97ec..7419a0b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS=-I m4
 pkgconfigdir=$(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA=libvitamtp.pc
 
-EXTRA_DIST=libvitamtp.pc
+EXTRA_DIST=README.md libvitamtp.pc
diff --git a/README b/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from README
rename to README.md