diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0eec834..3b054c2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 [project]
 # See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/quickstart.html for more project configuration options.
 name = "olmocr"
+description = "Fast, efficient, and high quality OCR powered by open visual language models"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 readme = "README.md"
 classifiers = [