diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 70c4d50..3334c0f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ name = "scmrepo"
 description = "scmrepo"
 readme = "README.rst"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
+license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 authors = [{ name = "Iterative", email = "support@dvc.org" }]
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",