1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4e3b0c6b..04f6436a 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def main():
     setup(
         name='psutil',
         version=VERSION,
-        description=__doc__.replace('\n', '').strip(),
+        description=__doc__ or ''.replace('\n', '').strip(),
         long_description=get_description(),
         keywords=[
             'ps', 'top', 'kill', 'free', 'lsof', 'netstat', 'nice', 'tty',