diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6d86ddb..aa031bf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def read(*rnames):
     author_email='chris.a.mattmann@jpl.nasa.gov',
     url='http://github.com/chrismattmann/tika-python',
     download_url='http://github.com/chrismattmann/tika-python',
-    license=read('LICENSE.txt'),
+    license='Apache License version 2 ("ALv2")',
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['ez_setup']),
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=True,