diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a00445..0000000
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# file GENERATED by distutils, do NOT edit
-README
-setup.py
-escpos/__init__.py
-escpos/constants.py
-escpos/escpos.py
-escpos/exceptions.py
-escpos/printer.py
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..997ee7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+include *.rst
+include *.txt
+include COPYING
+include INSTALL
+include tox.ini
+recursive-include doc *.bat
+recursive-include doc *.ico
+recursive-include doc *.py
+recursive-include doc *.rst
+recursive-include doc *.txt
+recursive-include doc Makefile
diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
index b2f10c4..69fa449 100644
--- a/doc/.gitignore
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-_build 
+_build/
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index de7cfac..2727221 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ setup(
     download_url='https://github.com/python-escpos/python-escpos/archive/master.zip',
     description='Python library to manipulate ESC/POS Printers',
     license='GNU GPL v3',
-    long_description=read('README'),
+    long_description=read('README.rst'),
     author='Manuel F Martinez',
     author_email='manpaz@bashlinux.com',
     platforms=['linux'],