diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aa5ade8..af0ab37 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   },
   "engines": ["node >=0.10.0"],
   "keywords": ["log", "logging", "log4j", "json", "bunyan"],
+  "license": "MIT",
 
   "// comment1": "'dtrace-provider' required for dtrace features",
   "// comment2": "'mv' required for RotatingFileStream",