diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 04a05bd4f..a995f43c0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@
       license='Apache',
       packages=find_packages(exclude=['examples*', 'tests*']),
       keywords=['oneview', 'hpe'],
+      long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
       install_requires=['future>=0.15.2'])