diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e66eb4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+include CMakeLists.txt
+recursive-include setup/ *.py
+recursive-include cmake/ *
+recursive-include src/ *
+recursive-include resources/ *
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a8ecc9a..77d1f5a 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
 # Minimal storm version required
 storm_min_version = "1.2.2"
 
+# Get the long description from the README file
+with open(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
 
 class CMakeExtension(Extension):
     def __init__(self, name, sourcedir='', subdir=''):
@@ -210,7 +213,7 @@ setup(
     maintainer_email="sebastian.junges@cs.rwth-aachen.de",
     url="http://moves.rwth-aachen.de",
     description="stormpy - Python Bindings for Storm",
-    long_description='',
+    long_description=long_description,
     packages=['stormpy', 'stormpy.info', 'stormpy.logic', 'stormpy.storage', 'stormpy.utility',
               'stormpy.pars', 'stormpy.dft'],
     package_dir={'': 'lib'},