diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e3662f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# License
+
+(The MIT license)
+
+Copyright (c) 2014-2016 James Coglan
+
+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/README.md b/README.md
index 23dc39c..c85f8ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -311,26 +311,3 @@ the session to release any resources it's using.
 
 * Consumer: [websocket-driver](https://github.com/faye/websocket-driver-ruby)
 * Provider: [permessage-deflate](https://github.com/faye/permessage-deflate-ruby)
-
-## License
-
-(The MIT License)
-
-Copyright (c) 2014-2015 James Coglan
-
-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/websocket-extensions.gemspec b/websocket-extensions.gemspec
index da688e6..39754b8 100644
--- a/websocket-extensions.gemspec
+++ b/websocket-extensions.gemspec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.rdoc_options      = %w[--main README.md --markup markdown]
   s.require_paths     = %w[lib]
 
-  s.files = %w[README.md CHANGELOG.md] + Dir.glob('lib/**/*.rb')
+  s.files = %w[README.md LICENSE.md CHANGELOG.md] + Dir.glob('lib/**/*.rb')
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec'
 end