diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 200a722..e08b810 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     author_email='me@evanfosmark.com',
     packages=['filelock','filelock.test'],
     url='https://github.com/dmfrey/FileLock',
-    license='LICENSE.txt',
+    license='BSD-3-Clause',
     description='File locking library',
     long_description=open('README.txt').read()
 )