diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1759a0e19..7b183aea9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["molpopgen <krthornt@uci.edu>"]
 build = "build.rs"
 edition = "2018"
+description = "rust interface to tskit"
+license = "MIT"
+homepage = "https://github.com/molpopgen/tskit_rust"
+repository = "https://github.com/molpopgen/tskit_rust"
 
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