diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..676f7e4fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+How to build from source?
+=========================
+
+Both development environment and GCS are supported on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X
+
+The first step is to Install all OS specific prerequisites.
+###Mac OS X
+Install XCode and its relatated command line tools (follow Apple documentation).
+Install git, curl and p7zip. You can use brew `brew install git curl p7zip` or macport: `sudo port install git curl p7zip`
+###Ubuntu
+
+    sudo apt-get install git build-essentials curl gdb wget debhelper p7zip-full unzip flex bison libsdl1.2-dev  libudev-dev  libusb-1.0-0-dev libc6-i386 mesa-common-dev
+
+
+###Windows
+Install [msysGIT](https://msysgit.github.io/) under `C:\git`
+
+Clone LibrePilot Git repository.
+Open Git Bash and run
+
+    cd /path/to/LibrePilot_root
+    ./make/scripts/win_sdk_install.sh
+
+You can build using the `/path/to/LibrePilot_root/make/winx86/bin/make` wrapper to call `mingw32-make.exe` as:
+
+    ./make/winx86/bin/make  all_sdk_install
+or call `mingw32-make` directly
+
+    mingw32-make  all_sdk_install
+
+##Setup the build environment and build
+The `all_sdk_install` target will automatically retrieve and install all needed tools (qt, arm gcc etc.) in a local folder `/path/to/LibrePilot_root/tools`
+
+
+    make all_sdk_install
+    make package
+
+The `package` target will build the complete installable package for the current platform.
+
+Run make with no arguments to show the complete list of supported targets.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4611f09e8..e1c165a24 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,43 +35,3 @@ Links for the LibrePilot Project
 - [Issue tracker](https://librepilot.atlassian.net)
 - [Gitter Chat](https://gitter.im/librepilot/LibrePilot)
 - IRC: #LibrePilot on FreeNode
-
-How to build from source?
--------------------------
-Both development environment and GCS are supported on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X
-
-The first step is to Install all OS specific prerequisites.
-###Mac OS X
-Install XCode and its relatated command line tools (follow Apple documentation).
-Install git, curl and p7zip. You can use brew `brew install git curl p7zip` or macport: `sudo port install git curl p7zip`
-###Ubuntu
-
-    sudo apt-get install git build-essentials curl gdb wget debhelper p7zip-full unzip flex bison libsdl1.2-dev  libudev-dev  libusb-1.0-0-dev libc6-i386 mesa-common-dev
-
-
-###Windows
-Install [msysGIT](https://msysgit.github.io/) under `C:\git`
-
-Clone LibrePilot Git repository.
-Open Git Bash and run
-
-    cd /path/to/LibrePilot_root
-    ./make/scripts/win_sdk_install.sh
-
-You can build using the `/path/to/LibrePilot_root/make/winx86/bin/make` wrapper to call `mingw32-make.exe` as:
-
-    ./make/winx86/bin/make  all_sdk_install
-or call `mingw32-make` directly
-
-    mingw32-make  all_sdk_install
-
-##Setup the build environment and build
-The `all_sdk_install` target will automatically retrieve and install all needed tools (qt, arm gcc etc.) in a local folder `/path/to/LibrePilot_root/tools`
-
-
-    make all_sdk_install
-    make package
-
-The `package` target will build the complete installable package for the current platform.
-
-Run make with no arguments to show the complete list of supported targets.
diff --git a/package/osx/package b/package/osx/package
index 850e9429c..80de04875 100755
--- a/package/osx/package
+++ b/package/osx/package
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ mkdir "${SRC_DIR}/Utilities/"
 
 cp "${BUILD_DIR}/uavobject-synthetics/matlab/OPLogConvert.m" "${SRC_DIR}/Utilities/"
 cp "${ROOT_DIR}/WHATSNEW.txt" "${SRC_DIR}"
-cp "${ROOT_DIR}/README.txt" "${SRC_DIR}/Docs/"
+cp "${ROOT_DIR}/README.md" "${SRC_DIR}/Docs/README.txt"
 cp "${ROOT_DIR}/MILESTONES.txt" "${SRC_DIR}/Docs/"
 cp "${ROOT_DIR}/LICENSE.txt" "${SRC_DIR}/Docs/"
 cp "${ROOT_DIR}/GPLv3.txt" "${SRC_DIR}/Docs/"
diff --git a/package/winx86/openpilotgcs.nsi b/package/winx86/openpilotgcs.nsi
index 7c2d84058..d2b7eea22 100644
--- a/package/winx86/openpilotgcs.nsi
+++ b/package/winx86/openpilotgcs.nsi
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Section "Core files" InSecCore
   File /r "${GCS_BUILD_TREE}\bin\*"
   SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
   File "${PROJECT_ROOT}\LICENSE.txt"
-  File "${PROJECT_ROOT}\README.txt"
+  File "/oname=README.txt" "${PROJECT_ROOT}\README.md"
   File "${PROJECT_ROOT}\WHATSNEW.txt"
   File "${PROJECT_ROOT}\MILESTONES.txt"
   File "${PROJECT_ROOT}\GPLv3.txt"