diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index ff053e6..07b1193 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 {% set description = pyproject.get('project').get('description') %}
 {% set version = environ.get('SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION', "0.0.0.dev") %}
 {% set home = pyproject.get('project', {}).get('urls', {}).get('Homepage', '') %}
+{% set license = pyproject.get('project').get('license') %}
 {% set build_deps = pyproject.get("build-system", {}).get("requires", []) %}
 {% set deps = pyproject.get('project', {}).get('dependencies', []) %}
 {% set conda_deps = pyproject.get('tool', {}).get('conda', {}).get('environment', {}).get('dependencies',[]) %}
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ test:
 about:
   description: {{ description }}
   summary: {{ description }}
+  license: {{ license }}
   license-file:
     - LICENSE
     - src/cpp/LICENSE
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3c602fb..cadb645 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
   "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
 ]
+license = "CECILL-C"
 license-files = ["LICEN[CS]E*", "src/cpp/LICENSE"]
 # version = "1.0.2"
 readme = "README.md"