diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 575fd25..9ba7b11 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+NEXT:
+	added license to META
+
 1.16
 	re-licensed from artistic1 to artistic2 in order to be
 	compatible to fedora packaging. no code changes otherwise
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 86351d8..e5b96bd 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ WriteMakefile(
 	      'clean'        => {
 				 FILES                   => 't/*.out *~ */*~ */*/*~ */*/*/*~'
 				},
+		($ExtUtils::MakeMaker::VERSION >= 6.3002 ? ('LICENSE'  => 'perl', ) : ()),
 
 );