diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 35392d95..e1124527 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import os, io
 
 try:
     from setuptools import setup
 except ImportError:
     from distutils.core import setup
 
+this_directory = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+with io.open(os.path.join(this_directory, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
 setup(
     name='cibuildwheel',
     version='1.0.0',
     install_requires=['bashlex!=0.13'],
     description="Build Python wheels on CI with minimal configuration.",
-    long_description='For readme please see http://github.com/joerick/cibuildwheel',
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     author="Joe Rickerby",
     author_email='joerick@mac.com',
     url='https://github.com/joerick/cibuildwheel',
@@ -29,7 +35,7 @@ setup(
         'Natural Language :: English',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython',
         'Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools',