diff --git a/MIT-LICENSE.txt b/MIT-LICENSE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8d009d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MIT-LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Copyright (C) 2005-2012 Kornelius Kalnbach <murphy@rubychan.de> (@murphy_karasu)
+
+http://coderay.rubychan.de/
+
+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.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/postgres-pr.gemspec b/postgres-pr.gemspec
index 6648b64..9b1a5cb 100644
--- a/postgres-pr.gemspec
+++ b/postgres-pr.gemspec
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.version = version
   s.summary = 'A pure Ruby interface to the PostgreSQL (>= 7.4) database'
   s.requirements << 'PostgreSQL >= 7.4'
+  s.license = "MIT"
 
-  s.files = (Dir['lib/**/*'] + Dir['test/**/*'] + 
+  s.files = ("MIT-LICENSE.txt", Dir['lib/**/*'] + Dir['test/**/*'] + 
              Dir['examples/**/*'])
 
   s.require_path = 'lib'