diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 20d862a..2fb67d0 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ package() {
     python -m installer --destdir="$pkgdir" dist/*.whl
 
     # install README
-    install -Dm644 README.rst "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}/README.rst"
+    install -Dm644 README.md "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}/README.md"
 
     # install config file
     install -Dm644 'misc/packaging-scripts.conf' "${pkgdir}/etc/packaging-scripts.conf"