diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7d3b74634..9730618d3 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 [bdist_wheel]
 universal=1
 
+[metadata]
+license_file = COPYING.md
+
 [nosetests]
 warningfilters=module   |.*            |DeprecationWarning |notebook.*
                default  |.* | Warning | notebook.*