diff --git a/bellman/Cargo.toml b/bellman/Cargo.toml
index fe2a55a..3b2a46f 100644
--- a/bellman/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bellman/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 authors = ["Sean Bowe <ewillbefull@gmail.com>"]
 description = "zk-SNARK library"
+readme = "README.md"
 documentation = "https://github.com/ebfull/bellman"
 homepage = "https://github.com/ebfull/bellman"
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/ff/Cargo.toml b/ff/Cargo.toml
index 93dfb9f..b832581 100644
--- a/ff/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ff/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name = "ff"
 version = "0.4.0"
 authors = ["Sean Bowe <ewillbefull@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Library for building and interfacing with finite fields"
+readme = "README.md"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/ff/"
 homepage = "https://github.com/ebfull/ff"
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/group/Cargo.toml b/group/Cargo.toml
index 2b09f09..f27eb3f 100644
--- a/group/Cargo.toml
+++ b/group/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ authors = [
     "Sean Bowe <ewillbefull@gmail.com>",
     "Jack Grigg <jack@z.cash>",
 ]
+readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 
 description = "Elliptic curve group traits and utilities"
diff --git a/librustzcash/Cargo.toml b/librustzcash/Cargo.toml
index 8290191..becdf2a 100644
--- a/librustzcash/Cargo.toml
+++ b/librustzcash/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ authors = [
     "Jay Graber <jay@z.cash>",
     "Simon Liu <simon@z.cash>"
 ]
+readme = "README.md"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/pairing/Cargo.toml b/pairing/Cargo.toml
index 8fadb32..1801ffd 100644
--- a/pairing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pairing/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ authors = [
     "Sean Bowe <ewillbefull@gmail.com>",
     "Jack Grigg <jack@z.cash>",
 ]
+readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 
 description = "Pairing-friendly elliptic curve library"
diff --git a/zcash_client_backend/Cargo.toml b/zcash_client_backend/Cargo.toml
index 9996a47..6199f2b 100644
--- a/zcash_client_backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zcash_client_backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 authors = [
     "Jack Grigg <jack@z.cash>",
 ]
+readme = "README.md"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/zcash_primitives/Cargo.toml b/zcash_primitives/Cargo.toml
index 22e4aca..a026618 100644
--- a/zcash_primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zcash_primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 authors = [
     "Jack Grigg <jack@z.cash>",
 ]
+readme = "README.md"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/zcash_proofs/Cargo.toml b/zcash_proofs/Cargo.toml
index 766db63..f47714d 100644
--- a/zcash_proofs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zcash_proofs/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 authors = [
     "Jack Grigg <jack@z.cash>",
 ]
+readme = "README.md"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]