diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index de273e705..1180d044e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ description = PDF toolkit
 long_description = file: README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown
 
+license = BSD-3-Clause
+
 url = https://pypdf2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 project_urls =
     Source = https://github.com/py-pdf/PyPDF2