diff --git a/src/lib/local-storage.js b/src/lib/local-storage.js
index 5fec0d698..ceccfbd32 100644
--- a/src/lib/local-storage.js
+++ b/src/lib/local-storage.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import async from 'async';
 import {ErrorCode, isObject, getLatestVersion, tagVersion, validate_name, semverSort, DIST_TAGS} from './utils';
 import {
-  generatePackageTemplate, normalizePackage, generateRevision, cleanUpReadme,
+  generatePackageTemplate, normalizePackage, generateRevision, getLatestReadme, cleanUpReadme,
   fileExist, noSuchFile, DEFAULT_REVISION, pkgFileName,
 } from './storage-utils';
 import {loadPlugin} from '../lib/plugin-loader';
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ class LocalStorage implements IStorage {
       }
 
       let change = false;
+      // updating readme
+      packageLocalJson.readme = getLatestReadme(packageInfo);
+      if (packageInfo.readme !== packageLocalJson.readme) {
+        change = true;
+      }
       for (let versionId in packageInfo.versions) {
         if (_.isNil(packageLocalJson.versions[versionId])) {
           let version = packageInfo.versions[versionId];
@@ -180,11 +185,6 @@ class LocalStorage implements IStorage {
         }
       }
 
-      if (packageInfo.readme !== packageLocalJson.readme) {
-        packageLocalJson.readme = packageInfo.readme;
-        change = true;
-      }
-
       if ('time' in packageInfo) {
         packageLocalJson.time = packageInfo.time;
         change = true;
diff --git a/src/lib/storage-utils.js b/src/lib/storage-utils.js
index 15c5405d7..70d878999 100644
--- a/src/lib/storage-utils.js
+++ b/src/lib/storage-utils.js
@@ -63,6 +63,32 @@ function generateRevision(rev: string): string {
   return ((+_rev[0] || 0) + 1) + '-' + crypto.pseudoRandomBytes(8).toString('hex');
 }
 
+function getLatestReadme(pkg: Package): string {
+  const versions = pkg['versions'] || {};
+  const distTags = pkg['dist-tags'] || {};
+  const latestVersion = distTags['latest'] ? versions[distTags['latest']] || {} : {};
+  let readme = _.trim(pkg.readme || latestVersion.readme || '');
+  if (readme) {
+    return readme;
+  }
+  // In case of empty readme - trying to get ANY readme in the following order: 'next','beta','alpha','test','dev','canary'
+  const readmeDistTagsPriority = [
+    'next',
+    'beta',
+    'alpha',
+    'test',
+    'dev',
+    'canary'];
+  readmeDistTagsPriority.map(function(tag) {
+    if (readme) {
+      return readme;
+    }
+    const data = distTags[tag] ? versions[distTags[tag]] || {} : {};
+    readme = _.trim(data.readme || readme);
+  });
+  return readme;
+}
+
 function cleanUpReadme(version: Version): Version {
   if (_.isNil(version) === false) {
     delete version.readme;
@@ -157,6 +183,7 @@ export {
   generatePackageTemplate,
   normalizePackage,
   generateRevision,
+  getLatestReadme,
   cleanUpReadme,
   DEFAULT_REVISION,
   fileExist,