diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b00de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+
+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/nodejs-common.changes b/nodejs-common.changes
index 7f56a39..769a088 100644
--- a/nodejs-common.changes
+++ b/nodejs-common.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 22 12:31:05 UTC 2018 - dcassany@suse.de
+
+- Add LICENSE text to the package
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug  2 14:29:04 UTC 2017 - adam.majer@suse.de
 
diff --git a/nodejs-common.spec b/nodejs-common.spec
index c29caea..d051e58 100644
--- a/nodejs-common.spec
+++ b/nodejs-common.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/NodeJS
 Url:            https://github.com/AdamMajer/nodejs-packaging
 Source1:        node
+Source2:        LICENSE
 Requires:       nodejs
 Conflicts:      nodejs4 < 4.8.4
 Conflicts:      nodejs6 < 6.11.1
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ while retaining the same codestream version.
 
 %prep
 %build
+cp %{S:2} .
+
 %install
 install -D -m 0755 %{S:1} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/node
 ln -s node %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/npm
@@ -58,5 +61,6 @@ ln -s node %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/npx
 %{_bindir}/node
 %{_bindir}/npm
 %{_bindir}/npx
+%license LICENSE
 
 %changelog