diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 6e8d1709609b1f44f1ae6b05ad6549d04bad591b..57e3ce90c6cf5d361ca9cdfc92a70dc3d4cbfce6 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # vi: noexpandtab softtabstop=0
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
-EXTRA_DIST = FAQ README COPYING AUTHORS INSTALL NEWS ChangeLog \
+EXTRA_DIST = FAQ README.md COPYING AUTHORS INSTALL NEWS ChangeLog \
              backupninja.spec backupninja.spec.in autogen.sh
 
 SUBDIRS = etc examples handlers lib man src
diff --git a/README b/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from README
rename to README.md
diff --git a/backupninja.spec.in b/backupninja.spec.in
index dc33bcbb2d9f107caf421052d39fa776b7f5fa7b..88414b6118b56b204bed9aa4f00e734f5e179af9 100644
--- a/backupninja.spec.in
+++ b/backupninja.spec.in
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ rm -fr %{buildroot}
 
 %ghost %{_localstatedir}/log/backupninja.log
 
-%doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README
+%doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README.md
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 %{_mandir}/man5/*