diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
deleted file mode 100644
index e405fea..0000000
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-README.txt
-setup.py
-examples/README
-examples/pywmdatetime.py
-examples/pywmgeneric.py
-examples/pywmhdmon.py
-examples/pywmnop.py
-examples/pywmoonop.py
-examples/pywmphoto.py
-examples/pywmradio.py
-examples/pywmseti.py
-examples/pywmsysmon.py
-examples/pywmwet.py
-examples/sample.pyradiorc
-examples/sample.pywmdatetimerc
-examples/sample.pywmgenericrc
-examples/sample.pywmhdmonrc
-examples/sample.pywmsetirc
-wmdocklib/3x5.xpm
-wmdocklib/4x6.xpm
-wmdocklib/4x7.xpm
-wmdocklib/5x7-aa.xpm
-wmdocklib/5x7.xpm
-wmdocklib/5x8-utf-8.xpm
-wmdocklib/5x8.xpm
-wmdocklib/5x9.xpm
-wmdocklib/6(3)x8-7seg.xpm
-wmdocklib/6x11-utf-8.xpm
-wmdocklib/6x12.xpm
-wmdocklib/6x8-7seg.xpm
-wmdocklib/6x8.xpm
-wmdocklib/6x8orig.xpm
-wmdocklib/6x8slant.xpm
-wmdocklib/7x12-41c.xpm
-wmdocklib/7x14-utf-8.xpm
-wmdocklib/7x8zx.xpm
-wmdocklib/8x12-41c.xpm
-wmdocklib/8x13-utf-8.xpm
-wmdocklib/8x8-cholo.xpm
-wmdocklib/8x8.xpm
-wmdocklib/8x8zx.xpm
-wmdocklib/9x18-utf-8.xpm
-wmdocklib/README
-wmdocklib/__init__.py
-wmdocklib/pywmgeneral.c
-wmdocklib/pywmgeneral.h
-wmdocklib/pywmhelpers.py
-wmdocklib/wmoo.py
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index b648239..2c201ca 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-include *.txt
-include */*.py */*.c */*.h */sample.py*rc */README */*.xpm
+include *.rst
+include */*.py */*.c */*.h
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3d05f2a..ca8f54b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ MODULE1 = Extension('wmdocklib.pywmgeneral',
                     include_dirs=[XINCLUDES],
                     sources=['wmdocklib/pywmgeneral.c'])
 
+with open('README.rst') as fobj:
+    LONG_DESC = fobj.read()
+
 setup(name="pywmdockapps",
       version="1.23",
       description="Library for creating dockapps for Window Maker/AfterStep",
+      long_description=LONG_DESC,
       author="Kristoffer Erlandsson & al.",
       author_email="mfrasca@zonnet.nl",
       url="http://pywmdockapps.sourceforge.net",