diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5b28681..9e8e3f8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "dungeoncraft"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
+license = "MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
 macroquad = { version = "0.4" }
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5df2d95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Richard Zink
+
+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 b7a1777..2fc753d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,3 +72,9 @@ Use *Save Game* in the pause menu to download a `.dcsave` file (JSON). Load it a
 1. Copy `lang/en.lang` to `lang/<code>.lang` and translate the texts (placeholders `{0}`, `{1}` stay as they are).
 2. Add the file to `SOURCES` in `src/i18n.rs`.
 3. Note: the DINOBYTE font only covers the CP437 character set.
+
+## License
+
+DungeonCraft is released under the [MIT License](LICENSE) – this covers the code, the generated music in `assets/music/` and the procedural graphics.
+The DINOBYTE font (`assets/dbyte_1x.png`) by mby is licensed separately under CC BY 4.0, see [CREDITS.md](CREDITS.md).
+