diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 4d6a6c7..c3617c5 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ WriteMakefile(
   NAME                => 'Data::UUID',
   VERSION_FROM        => 'UUID.pm', # finds $VERSION
   PREREQ_PM           => { 'Digest::MD5' => '0' }, # e.g., Module::Name => 1.1
-  LICENSE             => 'bsd',
+  LICENSE             => 'mit',
   LIBS                => [], # e.g., '-lm'
   #works without -lsocket
   DEFINE              => '', # e.g., '-DHAVE_SOMETHING'
diff --git a/UUID.pm b/UUID.pm
index 20518cd..51fcf9b 100644
--- a/UUID.pm
+++ b/UUID.pm
@@ -151,6 +151,14 @@ The module allows exporting of several standard namespace UUIDs:
 
 Alexander Golomshtok <agolomsh@cpan.org>
 
+=head1 LICENSE
+
+This software is Copyright (c) 2016 by Alexander Golomshtok.
+
+This is free software, licensed under:
+
+  The MIT License
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 The Internet Draft "UUIDs and GUIDs" by Paul J. Leach and Rich Salz (RFC 4122)