diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 44b23340f..e2a07579e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ setup(
     version=get_version(),
     description='OpenMMLab Image Classification Toolbox and Benchmark',
     long_description=readme(),
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     author='OpenMMLab',
     author_email='openmmlab@gmail.com',
     keywords='computer vision, image classification',