diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cdbfa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Copyright 2020 Marcel Hellkamp
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ba45a5c..d091709 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ setup(
     py_modules = [
         'bottle_sqlite'
     ],
+    data_files = [("", ["LICENSE"])],
     requires = [
         'bottle (>=0.12)'
     ],