diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 37a250f..01a7a29 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ UPDATE_ICON_CACHE = gtk-update-icon-cache -f -t $(datadir)/icons/hicolor || :
 EXTRA_ROOTDOC_FILES = \
 	HACKING \
 	DESIGN \
+	README \
 	README-colorramp
 
 _HICOLOR_FILES = \
diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..42061c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+README.md
\ No newline at end of file