diff --git a/MIT_LICENSE b/LICENSE
similarity index 100%
rename from MIT_LICENSE
rename to LICENSE
diff --git a/mongoid.gemspec b/mongoid.gemspec
index 8fe8366ec0..2934d80dc3 100644
--- a/mongoid.gemspec
+++ b/mongoid.gemspec
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency("rspec", ["~> 2.4"])
   s.add_development_dependency("watchr", ["= 0.6"])
 
-  s.files        = Dir.glob("lib/**/*") + %w(MIT_LICENSE README.rdoc Rakefile)
+  s.files        = Dir.glob("lib/**/*") + %w(LICENSE README.rdoc Rakefile)
   s.require_path = 'lib'
 end