diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 5597936be..57cdaef05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ jobs:
           cp -r lib c3
           cp msvc_build_libraries.py c3
           cp build/c3c c3
+          cp README.md c3
           tar czf c3-linux-${{matrix.build_type}}.tar.gz c3
 
       - name: upload artifacts
@@ -509,6 +510,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mkdir c3
           cp -r lib c3
+          cp README.md c3
           cp msvc_build_libraries.py c3
           cp build/c3c c3
           tar czf c3-ubuntu-20-${{matrix.build_type}}.tar.gz c3
@@ -700,6 +702,7 @@ jobs:
           mkdir macos
           cp -r lib macos
           cp msvc_build_libraries.py macos
+          cp README.md macos
           cp build/c3c macos
           zip -r c3-macos-${{matrix.build_type}}.zip macos
 
@@ -775,6 +778,8 @@ jobs:
       - run: cp -r lib c3-windows-Debug
       - run: cp msvc_build_libraries.py c3-windows-Release
       - run: cp msvc_build_libraries.py c3-windows-Debug
+      - run: cp README.md macos c3-windows-Debug
+      - run: cp README.md macos c3-windows-Debug
       - run: zip -r c3-windows.zip c3-windows-Release
       - run: zip -r c3-windows-debug.zip c3-windows-Debug
       - run: mv c3-linux-Release/c3-linux-Release.tar.gz c3-linux-Release/c3-linux.tar.gz