diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 235059a..b839a47 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 2012  Matias Bordese
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2019  Matias Bordese
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -15,20 +15,50 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+import codecs
+import os
 
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-version = __import__('unrar').__version__
 
+# metadata
+NAME = 'unrar'
+DESCRIPTION = 'Wrapper for UnRAR library, ctypes-based.'
+KEYWORDS = ['unrar', 'ctypes', 'rar']
+URL = 'http://github.com/matiasb/python-unrar'
+EMAIL = 'mbordese@gmail.com'
+AUTHOR = 'Matias Bordese'
+LICENSE = 'GPL-3'
+
+HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+# use README as the long-description
+with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, 'README.md'), "rb", "utf-8") as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
+version = __import__('unrar').__version__
 
 setup(
-    name='unrar',
+    name=NAME,
     version=version,
-    description="Wrapper for UnRAR library, ctypes-based.",
-    keywords='unrar ctypes',
-    author='Matias Bordese',
-    author_email='mbordese@gmail.com',
-    url='http://github.com/matiasb/python-unrar',
-    license='GPL-3',
-    packages=['unrar'],
+    description=DESCRIPTION,
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    keywords=KEYWORDS,
+    author=AUTHOR,
+    author_email=EMAIL,
+    url=URL,
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=('dependencies',)),
+    license=LICENSE,
+    classifiers=[
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+    ],
 )