1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 668696a..e6eb065 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ You may ask for help and discuss various other issues on the
 '''
 
 
+# The command line script name.  Currently set to "markdown_py" so as not to
+# conflict with the perl implimentation (which uses "markdown").  We can't use
+# "markdown.py" as the default config on some systems will cause the script to
+# try to import itself rather than the library which will raise an error.
+SCRIPT_NAME = 'markdown_py'
+
+
 setup(
     name='Markdown',
     version=version,
@@ -67,7 +74,7 @@ setup(
     packages=['markdown', 'markdown.extensions'],
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [
-            'markdown = markdown.__main__:run',
+            '%s = markdown.__main__:run' % SCRIPT_NAME,
         ]
     },
     classifiers=[