diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3a560ae..8e460ae 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ authors = [
 ]
 description = "A high-performance coverage-preserving polygon reduction library for Python, written in Rust"
 license = { text = "Apache License Version 2.0" }
-dynamic = ["version"]
+dynamic = ["version", "readme"]
 dependencies = []
 
 [project.urls]
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ dependencies = []
     documentation = "https://ecmwf.github.io/PolyShell/"
     issues = "https://github.com/ecmwf/polyshell/issues"
 
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+readme = {file = ["README.md"], content-type = "text/markdown"}
+
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
     "pytest>=8.3.5",