diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e5adedd..4ec15c0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "smithay"
 version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Victor Berger <victor.berger@thalesgroup.com>"]
+license = "MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
 wayland-server = "0.8.6"
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..289b5f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2017 Victor Berger and Victor Brekenfeld
+
+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.