diff --git a/pygittools/LICENSE b/pygittools/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6191c75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygittools/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Will Bowers
+
+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.
diff --git a/pygittools/__meta__.py b/pygittools/__meta__.py
index ca456d4..291c4a2 100644
--- a/pygittools/__meta__.py
+++ b/pygittools/__meta__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ Metadata for PyGitTools - this is the canonical source of all information below.
 
 __version__ = "0.1.0"
 __author__ = "Will Bowers"
-__license__ = "Apache 2.0"  # This may change before being distributed.
+__license__ = "MIT"
 __description__ = "Python hooks and metadata storage in Git"
 __url__ = "https://pygitweb.com"
diff --git a/pygittools/pyproject.toml b/pygittools/pyproject.toml
index d304726..3f09ce9 100644
--- a/pygittools/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pygittools/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ name = "pygittools"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = "Hooks and task storage in Git"
 readme = "README.md"
+license = "MIT"
+license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     "pygit2>=1.12.0",