diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fdc9b53..5db7014 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 # read the contents of your README file
-from os import path
-this_directory = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
-with open(path.join(this_directory, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+import os.path
+import io
+
+this_directory = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+with io.open(os.path.join(this_directory, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
 setup(