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diff --git a/setuptools/dist.py b/setuptools/dist.py
index aa304500..48c7a456 100644
--- a/setuptools/dist.py
+++ b/setuptools/dist.py
@@ -332,6 +332,13 @@ class Distribution(Distribution_parse_config_files, _Distribution):
for ep in pkg_resources.iter_entry_points('distutils.setup_keywords'):
vars(self).setdefault(ep.name, None)
_Distribution.__init__(self, attrs)
+
+ try:
+ self.metadata.long_description_content_type
+ except AttributeError:
+ self.metadata.long_description_content_type = \
+ self.long_description_content_type
+
if isinstance(self.metadata.version, numbers.Number):
# Some people apparently take "version number" too literally :)
self.metadata.version = str(self.metadata.version)