diff --git a/serde_json/Cargo.toml b/serde_json/Cargo.toml
index dbde52a9..5c1375c4 100644
--- a/serde_json/Cargo.toml
+++ b/serde_json/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 description = "A JSON serialization file format"
 repository = "https://github.com/serde-rs/serde"
 documentation = "http://serde-rs.github.io/serde/serde"
-readme = "README.md"
+readme = "../README.md"
 keywords = ["serialization", "json"]
 
 [dependencies]