diff --git a/tasks/gem.rake b/tasks/gem.rake
index a452f1c..7221d18 100644
--- a/tasks/gem.rake
+++ b/tasks/gem.rake
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ HOE = Hoe.spec 'mongrel' do
   spec_extras[:extensions] = ["ext/http11/extconf.rb"]
   spec_extras[:executables] = ['mongrel_rails']
 
-  spec_extras[:extra_rdoc_files] = ['LICENSE']
+  spec_extras[:extra_rdoc_files] = ['README', 'LICENSE', 'History.txt']
+
+  spec_extras['rdoc_options'] = proc do |rdoc_options|
+    rdoc_options << "--main=README"
+  end
 
   extra_deps << ['gem_plugin', '>= 0.2.3']
   extra_dev_deps << ['rake-compiler', ">= 0.5.0"]