diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2018f9a9e79a44a14fadc98b7ff9a58986ecd5b8..bdf75e6f3d704108aceb52618b039a4c1d76b17e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import symposion
 def read_file(filename):
     """Read a file into a string."""
     path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-    filepath = os.path.ojoin(path, filename)
+    filepath = os.path.join(path, filename)
     try:
         return open(filepath).read()
     except IOError: