diff --git a/certbot-dns-route53/MANIFEST.in b/certbot-dns-route53/MANIFEST.in
index a53dbd85b..5a661cef6 100644
--- a/certbot-dns-route53/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/certbot-dns-route53/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include LICENSE.txt
+include README.rst
 recursive-include docs *
 recursive-include tests *
 global-exclude __pycache__
diff --git a/certbot-dns-route53/README.rst b/certbot-dns-route53/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf63762ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/certbot-dns-route53/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Amazon Web Services Route 53 DNS Authenticator plugin for Certbot