diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 7d8ce90..8eef7e6 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@
        command='$doxygen_mainpage_generator $in > $out',
        description='DOXYGEN_MAINPAGE $out')
 mainpage = n.build(built('doxygen_mainpage'), 'doxygen_mainpage',
-                   ['README', 'COPYING'],
+                   ['README.md', 'COPYING'],
                    implicit=['$doxygen_mainpage_generator'])
 n.build('doxygen', 'doxygen', doc('doxygen.config'),
         implicit=mainpage)
diff --git a/misc/packaging/ninja.spec b/misc/packaging/ninja.spec
index 05f5a07..36e5181 100644
--- a/misc/packaging/ninja.spec
+++ b/misc/packaging/ninja.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 %files
 %defattr(-, root, root)
-%doc COPYING README doc/manual.html
+%doc COPYING README.md doc/manual.html
 %{_bindir}/*
 
 %clean