diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index c122a926a..0b00f4fa1 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # to be included/excluded from the tarball produced by sdist
-include COPYING HACKING INSTALL NEWS README
+include COPYING HACKING INSTALL NEWS README.md
 include MANIFEST.in
 include setup.py
 include virt-*
diff --git a/virt-manager.spec.in b/virt-manager.spec.in
index 1a3684b75..9d3c09d73 100644
--- a/virt-manager.spec.in
+++ b/virt-manager.spec.in
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ fi
 
 
 %files
-%doc README COPYING NEWS
+%doc README.md COPYING NEWS
 %{_bindir}/%{name}
 
 %{_mandir}/man1/%{name}.1*