diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 025b6c1e..827997e5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
   "repository": "https://github.com/github/linguist",
   "dependencies": {
     "season": "~>5.0"
-  }
+  },
+  "license": "MIT"
 }