diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 4708c57e5e..0644825b8e 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ HOE = Hoe.spec 'nokogiri' do
 
   self.extra_rdoc_files = FileList['*.rdoc','ext/nokogiri/*.c']
 
+  self.licenses = ['MIT']
+
   self.clean_globs += [
     'nokogiri.gemspec',
     'lib/nokogiri/nokogiri.{bundle,jar,rb,so}',