diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0f056de1..3938c05d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ keywords = ["incremental", "parsing", "php"]
 categories = ["parsing", "text-editors"]
 repository = "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-php"
 edition = "2018"
+license = "MIT"
 
 build = "bindings/rust/build.rs"
 include = ["bindings/rust/*", "grammar.js", "queries/*", "src/*"]