diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4cae653..1e767ed 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ keywords = ["objective-c", "osx", "ios", "cocoa", "uikit"]
 repository = "http://github.com/SSheldon/rust-objc-foundation"
 documentation = "http://ssheldon.github.io/rust-objc/objc_foundation/"
 license = "MIT"
+license-file = "LICENSE-MIT" 
 
 exclude = [".gitignore"]
 
diff --git a/LICENSE-MIT b/LICENSE-MIT
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31aa793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE-MIT
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
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+the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software
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+conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice
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