diff --git a/lib/c_glib/Makefile.am b/lib/c_glib/Makefile.am
index 3244f74..35f1114 100755
--- a/lib/c_glib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/c_glib/Makefile.am
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
-             README \
+             README.md \
              test/glib.suppress \
              thrift_c_glib.pc.in
 
diff --git a/lib/c_glib/README b/lib/c_glib/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/c_glib/README
rename to lib/c_glib/README.md