diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a047e435811c03a31e4c65c0d7ca9b7ce8d0cb2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2023 GÉANT Vereniging
+
+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 c8d9b52442ad3e50107fa7f9edf16f5a0a486ef4..b525421d7b28391727d9dd0ade55c8b053489009 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,4 +21,6 @@ setup(
         ]
     },
     include_package_data=True,
+    license='MIT',
+    license_files=('LICENSE.txt',)
 )