diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7950d7e..25cdf2b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ def get_version(module='pylsp_jsonrpc'):
     name='python-lsp-jsonrpc',
     version=get_version(),
     description='JSON RPC 2.0 server library',
+    license="MIT",
+    license_file="LICENSE",
     long_description=README,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     url='https://github.com/python-lsp/python-lsp-jsonrpc',