diff --git a/plugins/PluginDownloader/plugin.py b/plugins/PluginDownloader/plugin.py
index 988a7c02a..9b5ad9960 100644
--- a/plugins/PluginDownloader/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/PluginDownloader/plugin.py
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ class GithubRepository(GitRepository):
             if file.name == prefix + dirname + '/README.txt':
                 extractedFile = archive.extractfile(file)
                 return extractedFile.read()
+            elif file.name == prefix + dirname + '/README.md':
+                extractedFile = archive.extractfile(file)
+                return extractedFile.read()
 
     def _getWritableDirectoryFromList(self, directories):
         for directory in directories: