diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ae23f5e89..9abdb8b0c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 [wheel]
 universal = 1
 
+[metadata]
+license_file = LICENSE.lesser
+
 [build_sphinx]
 source-dir = docs/source
 build-dir  = docs/build