diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72c9320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
+may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may
+obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+permissions and limitations under the License.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 418d589..3455d54 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -119,5 +119,5 @@ npm test
 
 ## License
 Copyright (c) 2014 Johannes J. Schmidt, null2 GmbH   
-Licensed under the MIT license.
+Licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6ab5ded..94d8700 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "couchdb"
   ],
   "author": "Johannes J. Schmidt",
-  "license": "MIT",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/jo/docuri/issues"
   },