diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86b117c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Dhyey Desai
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 85a363e..59a04c3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -119,4 +119,4 @@ Operations runbook: [docs/operations.md](docs/operations.md). Security model: [d
 
 ## License
 
-No `LICENSE` file has been committed yet.
+[MIT](LICENSE) © 2026 Dhyey Desai
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2101771..94d83de 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "": {
       "name": "cleanstack",
       "version": "0.1.0",
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock": "^4.0.118",
         "@ai-sdk/anthropic": "^3.0.84",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c5a167b..f8de899 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "name": "cleanstack",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,
+  "license": "MIT",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "next dev",
     "build": "next build",